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DIGEST 


OF  THE 


SCHOOL    LAWS 

OF  THE 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA 

WITH  THE 

FORMS,  REGULATIONS  AND  INSTRUCTIONS 
OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  EDUCATION. 


Compiled  by 
W.  M.  HOLLOWAY, 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 


TALLAHASSEE,  FLA., 
1909. 


Smith  &  Collins,  <«#B^  State  Printers. 


DIGEST 


OF  THE 


SCHOOL    LAWS 


OF  THE 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA 

WITH  THE 

FORMS,  REGULATIONS   AND  INSTRUCTIONS 
OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  EDUCATION. 


Compiled  by 
W.  M.  HOLLOW  AY, 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 


TALLAHASSEE,  FLA., 
1009. 

Smith  &  Coluns,  <^^  State  Printers. 


V 


STATE  BOARD  OF  EDUaTION. 

(Ex-Officio.) 

HON.  ALBERT  W.  GILCHRIST,   Governor,  Presi- 
dent. 

HON.  H.  CLAY  CRAWFORD,  Secretary  of  State- 

HON.  PARK  M.  TRAMMELL,  Attorney-General. 

HON.  W.  V.  KNOTT,  State  Treasurer. 

HON.  Wm.  M.  HOLLOWAY,  State  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction,  Secretary. 


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Constitution   of   Florida 


ARTICLE  XIL 


EDUCATION. 

Section  1.  The  Legislature  shall  provide  for  a 
Tinifonn  system  of  public  free  schools,  and  shall 
provide  for  the  liberal  maftitenance  of  the  same. 

Sec.  2.  There  shall  be  a  Superintendent  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction,  whose  duties  shall  be  prescribed  by 
law,  and  whose  term  of  office  shall  be  for  four  years 
and  until  the  election  and  qualification  of  his  suc- 
cessor. 

Sec.  3.  The  Governor,  Secretary  of  State,  At- 
torney-General, State  Treasurer,  and  State  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction  shall  constitute  a 
body  corporate,  to  be  known  as  the  State  Board  of 
Education  of  Florida,  of  which  the  Governor  shall 
be  President,  and  the  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction Secretary.  This  Board  shall  have  power 
to  remove  any  subordinate  school  officer  for  cause, 
upon  notice  to  the  incumbent;  and  shall  have  the 
management  and  investment .  of  all  State  School 
Funds  under  such  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed 
by  law,  and  such  supervision  of  schools  of  higher 
grades  as  the  law  shall  provide. 

Sec.  4.  The  State  School  Fund,  the  interest 
of  which  shaU  be  exclusively  applied  to  the  support 
and  maintenance  of  public  free  schools,  shall  be  de- 
rived from  the  following  sources: 


6    *  *' *   *  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

The  proceeds  of  all  lands  that  have  been  or  may 
hereafter  be  granted  to  the  State  by  the  United 
States  for  public  school  purposes. 

Donations  to  the  State  when  the  purpose  is  not 
specified. 

Appropriations  by  the  State. 

The  proceeds  of  escheated  property  or  forfeitures. 

Twenty-five  per  cent,  of  the  sales  of  public  lands 
which  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  owned  by  the 
State. 

Sea  5.  The  principal  of  the  State  School  Fund 
shall  remain  sacred  and  inviolate. 

Sec.  6.  A  special  tax  of  one  mill  on  the  dollar 
of  all  taxable  property  in  the  State,  in  addition  to 
the  other  means  provided,  shall  be  levied  and  ap- 
portioned annually  for  the  support  and  maintenance 
of  public  free  schools. 

Sec.  7.  Provision  shall  be  made  by  law  for  the 
apportionment  and  distribution  of  the  interest  on 
the  State  School  Fund,  and  all  other  means  pro- 
vided, including  the  special  tax,  for  the  support  and 
maintenance  of  public  free  schools,  among  the  sev- 
f  eral  counties  of  the  State  in  proportion  to  the  aver- 
1  age  attendance  upon  schools  in  the  said  counties 
1  respectively. 

Sec.  8.  Each  county  shall  be  required  to  assess 
and  collect  annually  for  the  support  of  public  free 
schools  therein,  a  tax  of  not  less  than  three  (3)  mills, 
nor  more  than  seven  (7)  mills  on  the  dollar,  of  all 
taxable  property  in  the  same. 

Sec.  9.  The  County  School  Fund  shall  consist, 
in  addition  to  the  tax  provided  for  in  section  eight 
of  this  Article,  of  the  proportion  of  the  interest  of 
the  State  School  Fund  aad  of  the  one-mill  State  tax 
apportioned  to  the  county;  the  net  proceeds  of  all 
fines  collected  under  the  penal  laws  of  the  State 
within  the  county;  all  capitation  taxes  collected  with- 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  7 

in  the  county;  and  shall  be  disbursed  by  the  County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction  solely  for  the  mainte- 
nance and  support  of  public  free  schools. 

Sec.  10.  The  Legislature  may  provide  for  the 
division  of  any  county  or  counties  into  convenient 
school  districts;  and  for  the  election  bi-ennially  of 
three  school  trustees,  who  shall  hold  their  office  for 
two  years,  and  who  shall  have  the  supervision  of  all 
the  schools  within  the  district;  and  for  the  levying 
and  collection  of  a  district  school  tax,  for  the  ex- 
clusive use  of  public  free  schools  within  the  dis- 
trict, whenever  a  majority  of  the  qualified  electors 
thereof  that  pay  a  tax  on  real,  or  personal  property 
shall  vote  in  favor  of  such  levy;  Provided,  That  any 
tax  authorized  by  this  section  shall  not  exceed  three 
mills  on  the  dollar  in  any  one  year  on  the  taxable 
property  of  the  district. 

Sec.  11.  Any  incorporated  town  or  city  may 
constitute  a  School  District.  The  Fund  raised  by 
section  ten  may  be  expended  in  the  district  where 
levied  for  building  or  repairing  school-houses,  for  the 
purchase  of  school  libraries  and  text  books,  for  salar- 
ies of  teachers,  or  for  other  educational  purposes, 
so  that  the  distribution  among  all  the  schools  of 
the  district  be  equitable. 

Sec.  12.  White  and  colored  children  shall  not  be 
taught  in  the  same  school,  but  impartial  provision 
shall  be  made  for  both. 

Sec.  13.  No  law  shall  be  enacted  authorizing  the 
diversion  or  the  lending  of  any  county  or  district 
school  funds,  or  the  appropriation  of  any  part  of 
the  permanent  or  available  school  fund  to  any  other 
than  school  purposes;  nor  shall  the  same,  or  any 
pail  thereof,  be  appropriated  to  or  used  for  the 
support  of  any  sectarian  school. 

Sec.  14.  The  Legislature  at  its  first  session  shall 
provide    for   the    establishment,    maintenance    and 


8  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

management  of  such  Normal  Schools,  not  to  ex- 
ceed two,  as  the  interests  of  public  education  may 
demand. 

Sec.  15.  The  compensation  of  all  county  school 
officers  shall  be  paid  from  the  school  fund  of  the 
respective  counties,  and  all  other  county  officers  re- 
ceiving stated  salaries  shall  be  paid  from  the  gen- 
eral funds  of  their  respective  counties. 


ARTICLE  IV. 

Sec.  25.  The  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion shall  have  supervision  of  all  matters  pertaining 
to  public  instruction ;  the  supervision  of  State  build- 
ings devoted  to  educational  purposes,  and  perform 
such -other  duties  as  the  Legislature  may  provide  by 
law. 

Sec.  27.  *  *  (He)  shall  make  a  full  report  of 
his  official  acts,  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  of 
his  office,  and  of  the  requirements  of  the  same,  to 
the  Governor  at  the  beginning  of  each  regular  ses- 
sion of  the  Legislature,  or  whenever  the  Governor 
shall  require  it.  Such  *  *  (report)  shall  be  laid 
before  the  Legislature  by  the  Governor  at  the  be- 
ginning of  each  regular  session  thereof.  Either 
house  of  the  Legislature  may  at  any  time  call  upon 
*  *  (him)  for  information  required  by  it. 


SCHOOL  LAWS 

OF  THE 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA, 

COMPILED 

FROM   THE    GENERAL    STATUTES    AND 
SUBSEQUENT  ACTS  OF  THE  LEGISLA- 
TURES OF  1905,  1907  AND  1909. 


GENERAL  PROVISIONS  AND    DUTIES  OF  OFFICERS. 


STATE    SUPERINTENDENT    OF    PUBLIC    IN- 
STRUCTION. 

1.  (141)  To  Have  Charge  of  aU  Matters  Pertain- 
ing to  Public  Schools. — The  State  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction  shall  have  the  oversight,  charge 
and  management  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  public 
schools,  school  buildings  and  grounds. 

2.  (142)  Duties. — It  is  his  duty  and  he  is  hereby 
empowered : 

First. — To  prepare  and  cause  to  be  printed  and  dis- 
tributed gratuitously  to  boards  of  public  instruction, 
and  other  officers  and  teachers,  as  many  copies  of 
the  school  laws,  and  such  forms,  instruments,  instruc- 
tions, regulations  and  decisions  as  he  may  judge 
necessary  for  their  use. 

Second. — To  call  conventions  of  county  superin- 
tendents of  public  instruction,  and  other  officers,  for 
obtaining  and  imparting  information  on  the  prac- 


10  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

tical  workings  of  the  school  system,  and  the  uieans 
of  promoting  its  efficiency  and  usefulness. 

Third. — To  assemble  teachers  in  institutes  and  em- 
ploy competent  instructors  to  impart  information  on 
improved  methods  of  teaching  and  conducting 
schools,  and  other  relevant  matters. 

Fourth. — To  apportion  the  interest  on  the  common 

Bchool  fund  and  the  fund  raised  by  the  one  mill  State 

tax  authorized  by  Section  6  of  Article  XII,  of  the 

I  Constitution,  among  the  several  counties  of  the  State 

I  in  proportion  to  the  average  attendance  upon  schools 

I  in  the  said  counties  respectively  of  children  residing 

\therein  between  the  ages  of  six  (6)  and  twenty-one 

(21)  years. 

Fifth. — To  make  such  apportionments  as  may  in 
his  judgment  be  right  and  just,  when  the  census  and 
returns  on  which  the  apportionments  should  be 
made  are  manifestly  defective  or  have  not  been  re- 
ceived by  him. 

Sixth. — To  entertain  and  decide  upon  appeals  and 
questions  arising  under  the  law,  or  refer  such  to  the 
Board  of  Education  for  decision. 

Seventh. — To  prescribe  rules  and  regulations  for 
the  management  of  the  department  of  public  in- 
struction. 

Eighth, — -He  shall  prepare  the  questions  for 
county  examinations  and  distribute  same  to  county 
superintendents;  hold  written  examinations  for  and 
issue  State  certificates ;  may  graat  life  certificates  as 
provided  by  law;  and  may  order  county  examina- 
tions on  other  days  than  those  prescribed  by  law. 

Ninth. — ^To  file  and  preserve  certified  copies  of  the 
monthly  lists  of  persons  who  have  paid  their  poll 
taxes,  in  his  office  as  a  part  of  the  public  records,  and 
furnish  copies  thereof  when  requested  by  citizens  of 
this  State. 

3.     (143)     Seal.— He   shall  have  a  seal  for  his 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  11 

office,  with  which  in  connection  with  his  own  sfgna^ 
ture,  to  authenticate  copies  of  decisions,  acts,  or 
documents,  wliich  copies  so  authenticated  shall  be 
of  the  same  force  as  the  originals. 

4.  (144)  Residence  and  Office. — He  shall  reside 
at  the  seat  of  government  of  this  State,  and  shall 
keep  his  office  in  a  room  in  the  capitol. 

5.  (145)  Salajy.— The  salary  of  the  State-  Su- 
perintendent of  Public  Instruction  shall  be  at  the 
rate  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  ($2,500.00)  per 
annum. 

COMMON     SCHOOLS     AND     COUNTY     HIGH 
SCHOOLS. 

6.  (313)  Uniform  System  of  Public  Lastructlon. 
School  Age. — There  shall  be  established  and  main- 
tained a  uniform  system  of  public  instruction  free  to 
all  the  youth  residing  in  the  State  between  the  ages 
of  six  and  twenty-one  years,  as  far  as  the  funds  will 
admit,  as  hereinafter  provided. 

7.  (314)  School  Yeax.— The  school  year  for  all 
public  schools  shall  begin  on  the  first  day  of  July  and 
end  with  the  last  day  of  the  following  June,  and  all 
reports,  financial  and  otherwise,  to  the  State  depart- 
ment shall  embrace  such  business  and  matters  only 
as  take  place  within  the  limits  of  the  school  year 
thus  defined. 

8.  (315)  When  Schools  May  Begin.— No  school 
In  any  county  shall  begin  before  July  1st  of  the 
school  year  to  which  that  term  of  school  belongs  and 
for  which  the  apportiomnent  was  made. 

9.  (316)  Opening  and  Closing. — The  time  for 
the  opening  of  public  schools  for  each  county  shall 
be  determined  by  the  county  board  of  public  instruc- 
tion: Provided,  That  all  schools  must  begin  so  as  to 
close  before  the  last  dav  of  June. 


12  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

10.  (317)  School  Day,  Month,  Term  and  Year.— 
A  school  day  shall  comprise  not  less  than  five  hours 
nor  more  than  six  hours,  exclusive  of  recesses.  The 
time  to  be  fixed  by  the  board  of  public  instruction 
for  the  county. 

A  school  month  shall  consist  of  twenty  days,  ex- 
clusive of  the  first  and  last  days  of  the  week. 
A  school  term  contains  four  school  months. 
The  school  year  contains  two  terms. 

11.  (318)  Vacation  and  Holidays. — All  public 
schools  shall  observe  the  period  from  December  24 
to  January  1,  both  days  inclusive,  as  a  vacation,  and 
Independence  day  and  Thanksgiving  day  as  holi- 
days, and  no  one  of  these  days  shall  be  counted  as 
taught  in  a  teacher  ^s  monthly  report. 

12.  (319)  Duty  of  State  Treasurer.— The  treas- 
urer of  the  board  of  education  shall  keep  an  account 
with  the  several  counties,  in  which  he  shall  credit 
each  county  with  its  proportion  of  its  income  of  the 
common  school  fund,  and  of  the  fund  raised  by  the 
one  mill  tax  authorized  by  the  Constitution,  and 
shall  charge  each  with  the  amount  receipted  for  by 
the  treasurers  of  the  boards  of  public  instruction. 

13.  (320)  Duty  of  Tax  Collector.— The  several 
tax  collectors  shall  receive  only  the  current  funds  of 
the  United  States  in  payment  for  all  taxes  provided 
for  in  this  article,  except  such  certificates  of  indebt- 
edness as  may  be  issued  by  the  county  boards  of 
public  instruction,  which  shall  be  receivable  for 
county  school  taxes. 

14.  (321)  To  Whom  School  Funds  To  Be  Paid. 
— Every  officer  having  moneys  which  by  law  go  to 
the  State  school  fund  shall  pay  the  same  to  the  State 
Treasurer,  and  every  officer  having  moneys  which 
by  law  go  to  the  county  school  fund  shall  pay  the 
same  to  the  county  treasurer. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  13 

15.  (322)     Duty  of  County  Treasurer.— It  shall 

be  the  duty  of  the  treasurer  of  the  school  fund  of 
each  county  in  this  State  by  the  first  Monday  in 
each  and  every  month,  to  prepare  and  file  with  the 
county  superintendent  of  public  instruction  of  his 
county  a  detailed  and  itemized  statement  in  writing, 
showing  all  the  sums  of  money  received  by  such 
treasurer  during  the  month  next  preceding,  and 
from  whom  and  from  what  source  received,  and  all 
amounts  by  him  paid  out  during  such  time  and  t© 
whom  paid,  and  describing  by  date,  number  and 
amount,  all  warrants  paid. 

16.  (323)  Clerk  to  Prepare  Reports.— The  finan- 
cial statement  of  accounts  herein  provided  for,  when 
filod  with  the  clerk  of  the  circuit  court,  shall  be  se- 
curely kept  by  him  and  shall  at  all  times  be  open  to 
the  examination  and  inspection  of  the  people  of  th« 
couniy  and  without  fee  or  charge. 

17.  (324)  Purchase  of  Real  Estate  for  Educa- 
tional Purposes. — The  board  of  county  commis- 
sionc)  t?  of  any  coimty  in  this  State  upon  the  request 
of  the  board  of  public  instruction  in  such  county, 
after  an  affirmative  vote  of  the  qualified  voters  who 
are  taxpayers  therein  and  have  paid  all  taxes  due  by 
them  for  two  years  next  and  preceding  said  election 
in  any  special  tax  school  district,  or  county,  are 
hereby  authorized  to  contract  debts  for  the  purchase 
of  real  estate  to  be  used  for  educational  purposes 
for  the  erection  of  school  buildings  and  to  pay  such 
debts  out  of  the  current  income  of  any  year,  or  out 
of  the  income  of  suc^ceeding  years,  and  are  author- 
ized to  borrow  money,  from  time.to  time,  as  occasion 
may  require  to  discharge  any  debt  or  liability  in- 
curred for  the  purchase  of  real  estate  for  such  pur- 
pose, which  debt  shall  be  a  charge  or  lien  only  upon 
such  special  tax  school  district  or  county  as  the  ease 
may  be:  Provided,  That  the  necessary  expenses  of 


14  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

maintaining  the  schools  in  any  county  during  any 
year  shall  constitute  the  first  claim  against  the 
school  fuhd  of  that  year. 

18.  (325)  Attendance  by  Youth  of  One  Coimty 
of  School  in  Another. — ^When  it  is  more  convenient 
for  youth  residing  in  one  county  to  attend  school  in 
an  adjoining  county,  they  may  do  so  by  the  concur- 
rence of  the  superintendents  of  public  instruction  of 
the  two  counties.  The  proportion  of  school  money 
for  each  youth  shall  be  transferred  by  requisition  of 
the  county  superintendent  of  public  instruction  of 
the  county  in  which  the  youth  resides,  upon  the 
treasurer  of  the  school  funds  of  that  county  to  the 
treasurer  of  the  school  funds  of  the  county  in  which 
the  school  is  located. 

19.  (326)  Forfeiture  by  County  of  School  Funds. 
— ^Any  county,  or  school  district  neglecting  to  es- 
tablish and  maintain  such  school  or  schools  as  the 
available  funds  will  support  shall  forfeit  its  propor- 
tion of  the  common  school  fund  during  such  neglect, 
and  in  that  case  all  moneys  so  forfeited  shall  be  ap- 
portioned among  the  several  counties  at  the  next 
annual  apportionment. 

20.  (328)  Officers.— The  officers  of  the  depart- 
ment of  public  instruction  shall  be  a  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction,  a  State  Board  of 
Education,  a  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for  each 
county,  a  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  for 
each  county,  Local  School  Supervisors  and  T'reas- 
urers. 

21.  (329)  Board  of  Public  Instruction.— A 
board  of  public  instruction  shall  consist  of  not  more 
than  three  (3)  members,  no  two  of  whom  shall  reside 
in  the  same  district.. 

22.  (330)  Regulations. — Terms  and  Removal  of 
Officers. — ^All  such  officers  who   shall  hold  their 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  15 

offices  by  statutes  shall  conform  to  the  regulations 
of  the  Department  of  Public  Instruction. 

23.  (331)  No  Officer  to  Vote  on  His  Own  Com- 
pensation.— No  officer  shall  vote  on  a  question  iixmg 
his  own  compensation. 

24.  (332)  Majority  a  Quorum. — A  majority  of 
any  educational  board  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for 
the  transaction  of  business. 

25.  (333)  Certain  Officers  to  Qualify  and  Give 
Bond — Disposition  of  Moneys  and  Property. — ^Every 
school  officer  who  shall  be  elected  or  appointed 
under  statutory  provisions,  is  required: 

First. — Before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his 
office,  and  within  ten  days  after  receiving  notice  of 
his  appointment,  to  subscribe  to  an  acceptance  of 
the  appointment  and  to  pledge  that  he  will  faithfully 
perform  the  duties  of  the  position,  and  to  forward 
the  same  with  his  postoffice  address  to  the  State  Su- 
perintendent of  Public  Instruction. 

Second. — Before  receiving  any  school  moneys  or 
property  of  any  kind,  for  safe  keeping  or  disburse- 
ment, to  give  bond  with  two  good  sureties,  the  bonds 
to  be  fixed  and  approved  by  the  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction for  the  county,  the  original  to  be  filed  in 
the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,  and  a 
certified  copy  to  be  held  by  the  officer  giving  the  se- 
curity to  be  produced  when  required. 

Third. — Any  officer  in  charge  of  school  moneys,  or 
property  to  be  so  disbursed,  shall  satisfy  himself 
that  the  officer  to  whom  he  issues  it  has  given  bond 
as  aforesaid,  or  be  personally  liable  for  any  loss  in 
consequence  of  such  neglect. 

26.  (334)  Officer  to  Turn  Over  Moneys  and 
Property  to  Successor. — ^Every  officer  shall  turn  over 
to  his  successor  in  office,  on  retiring,  all  books,  pa- 
pers, documents,  funds,  moneys  and  property  of 
whatever  kind,  which  he  may  have  acquired,  re- 


16  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

ceived  and  held  by  virtue  of  his  office,  and  take  full 
receipt  for  them  of  his  successor. 

27.  (335)  State  Board  af  Education.— The 
State  Board  of  Education  shall  consist  of  the  Gov- 
ernor, the  Secretary  of  State,  the  Attorney-General, 
the  State  Treasurer  and  the  State  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction.  The  Governor  shall  be  the 
president,  the  State  Treasurer  shall  be  the  treasurer 
and  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 
the  secretary  of  said  board.  Said  board  is  a  body 
corporate  with  full  power  to  perform  all  corporate 
acts  for  educational  pui-jmses. 

28.  (336)  Powers  and  Duties  of  State  Board.-— 
The  State  Board  of  Education  are  directed  and  em- 
powered : 

First. — To  obtain  possession  of  and  take  thd 
charge,  oversight  and  management  of  all  lands 
granted  to  or  held  by  the  State  for  educational  pur- 
poses, and  to  fix  the  terms  of  sale,  rental  or  use  of 
such  lands,  and  to  do  whatever  may  be  necessary  to 
preserve  them  from  trespass  or  injury,  and  for  their 
improvement. 

Second. — To  have  the  direction  and  management, 
and  to  provide  for  the  safe  keeping  and  expenditure 
of  all  the  educational  funds  of  the  State,  with  due  re- 
gard to  the  highest  interests  of  education. 

Third. — To  entertain  and  decide  upon  questions 
and  appeals  referred  to  them  hj  the  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction  on  any  matter  of  dif- 
ference or  dispute  arising  under  the  operation  of 
law,  and  to  prescribe  the  manner  of  making  appeals 
and  conducting  arbitrations. 

Fourth. — To  remove  any  subordinate  officer  in  the 
department  for  incompetency,  neglect  of  duty  or 
other  cause  which  would  disqualify  a  person  for  the 
appointment. 


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lOifth. — To  keep  in  view  the  establishment  of 
schools  on  a  broad  and  liberal  basis,  the  object  of 
which  shall  be  to  impart  instruction  to  youth  in  the 
profession  of  teaching,  in  the  knowledge  of  the 
natural  sciences,  the  theory  and  practice  of  agricul- 
ture, horticulture,  mining,  engineering  and  the  me- 
chanic arts,  in  the  ancient  and  modern  languages,  in 
the  higher  range  of  mathematics,  literature,  and  m 
the  useful  and  ornamental  branches  not  taught  in 
common  schools. 

Sixth. — To  co-operate  with  the  State  Superinten- 
dent of  Public  Instruction  in  the  management  of  the 
department,  and  in  the  general  diffusion  of  knowl- 
edge in  the  State. 

29.  (338)     Lands  Not  To  Be  Sold  on  Credit.— 

Credit  shall  not  be  allowed  for  the  purchase  money 
on  the  sale  of  any  of  the  school  or  seminary  lands  of 
this  State,  but  every  purchaser  of  such  lands  shall, 
at  the  time  of  purchase,  make  complete  payment 
therefor. 

30.  (341)     Comity  Boards  To  Be  Corporations. 

— ^Each  Board  of  Public  Instruction  is  constituted 
a  body  corporate  by  the  name  of  **The  Board  of 

Public  Instruction  for  the  county  of ,  State 

of  Florida,''  and  in  that  name  may  acquire  and  hold 
real  and  personal  propertj^  receive  be<|uests  and  do- 
nations, and  perform  other  corporate  acts  for  educa- 
tional purposes. 

31.  (342)  Organization  a  Primary  Duty.— Each 
board  before  proceeding  to  any  other  business,  shall 
complete  its  own  organization.  The  chairman  and 
secretary  shall  then  make  and  sign  two  copies  of  the 
proceedings  of  organization,  and  annex  their  affida- 
vits to  each  that  the  same  is  a  correct  and  true  copy 
of  the  original.  They  shall  file  one  copy  in  the  office 

2  s  L 


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of  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  county,  to  be 
by  him  recorded  in  the  record  of  deeds,  and  file  the 
other  copy  in  the  office  of  the  State  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction. 

32.  (343)  Title  to  County  School  Property.— 
The  title  to  the  school  property  of  the  county  shall 
be  vested  in  them  and  their  successors  in  office,  ex- 
cept in  such  special  tax  school  districts  as  provided 
for. 

33.  (345)  Secretary  of  County  Board.— The 
County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  shall 
be  the  secretary  of  the  board. 

34.  (346)  Treasurer  of.— The  County  Treasur- 
ers of  the  several  counties  shall  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  constituted  the  treasurers  of  the  school  funds 
in  their  respective  counties. 

35.  (347)  Duties  of  Board  of  Public  Instruc 
tion. — Each  Board  of  Public  Instruction  is  directed: 

First. — To  obtain  possession  of,  accept  and  hold, 
under  proper  title,  as  a  corporation,  all  property 
possessed,  acquired  or  held  by  the  county  for  educa- 
'tional  purposes,  and  to  manage  and  dispose  of  the 
same  for  the  best  interest  of  education:  Provided, 
That  nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  so  construed  as  to 
prevent  any  special  tax  school  district  from  holding 
school  property  that  it  has,  or  may  hereafter  ac- 
quire, for  school  purposes,  or  prevent  such  districts 
from  receiving  their  portions  of  money  set  apart  for 
school  purposes. 

Second. — To  locate  and  maintain  schools  in  every 
locality  in  the  county  where  they  may  be  needed,  to 
accommodate,  as  far  as  practicable,  all  the  youth 
between  the  ages  of  six  and  twenty-one  years,  during 
not  less  than  four  months  in  each  year. 

Third. — To  appoint  one  supervisor  for  each  school 
on  the  recommendation  of  the  patrons,  whose  duty 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  19 

it  shall  be  to  supervise  the  work  of  the  school  and  to 
report  to  the  County  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction monthly  the  result  of  his  observations. 

Fourth. — To  select  and  provide  a  site  for  each 
school  house  of  not  less  than  one-half  acre  of  ground 
in  the  rural  districts,  and  as  nearly  that  amount  as 
is  practicable  in  the  villages  or  cities.  The  situation 
to  be  dry,  airy,  healthful  and  pleasant,  also  reason- 
ably central  and  convenient  of  access  for  all  who 
should  attend  the  school. 

Fifth. — To  do  whatever  is  necessary  with  regard 
to  purchasing  or  renting  school  sites  and  premises, 
constructing,  repairing,  furnishing,  warming,  venti- 
lating, keeping  in  order  or  improving  the  school 
houses,  out  buildings,  fences,  land  and  moveable 
property,  procuring  proper  apparatus  for  the 
schools,  grading  and  classifying  the  pupils,  and  pro- 
viding separate  schools  for  the  different  classes  in 
such  a  manner  as  will  secure  the  largest  attendance 
of  pupils,  promote  the  harmony  and  advancement  of 
the  school,  and  establishing,  when  required  by  the 
patrons,  schools  of  higher  grades  of  instruction 
where  the  advancement  and  number  of  the  pupils 
require  them. 

Sixth. — To  employ  teachers  for  every  school  in  the 
county,  and  to  contract  with  and  pay  the  same  for 
their  services:  Provided,  That  schools  shall  not  be 
located  nearer  than  three  miles  to  each  other,  unless 
for  some  local  reason  or  necessity. 

Seventh. — To  audit  and  pay  all  accounts  due  by 
the  Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

Eighth. — To  keep  accurate  accounts  of  all  their 
official  acts,  proceedings  and  decisions,  of  all  moneys 
received,  held  or  disbursed,  of  all  property  acquired 
or  disposed  of,  in  a  proper  set  of  account  books,  and 
a  record  of  the  state  and  condition  of  each  school, 


20  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

and  to  report  the  same  to  the  State  Superintendent 
of  Pnblic  Instruction  when  required.  They  shall 
also  at  the  close  of  the  scholastic  year  prepare  an 
itemized  report  of  all  moneys  by  them  received  and 
disbursed. 

Ninth. — To  prepare  and  file  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
Circuit  Court  of  their  respective  counties  by  the 
first  Tuesday  after  the  first  Monday  in  every  month, 
an  itemized  financial  statement  showing  all  sums  of 
money  received  during  the  month  next  preceding,  on 
account  of  county  school  funds,  and  from  whom  re- 
ceived, and  from  what  source  derived,  all  appropria- 
tions made  by  such  board,  and  for  what  purpose 
made,  all  warrants  drawn  by  such  board,  in  whose 
favor  and  for  and  on  what  account  drawn,  describ- 
ing such  warrant  by  date,  number  and  amount.  All 
such  monthly  financial  statements  shall  be  certified 
by  the  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction 
for  the  county,  and  attested  by  the  County  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction,  and  the  said  board 
shall  without  delay  cause  the  same  to  be  published 
in  a  newspaper  of  the  county,  when  any  such  news- 
paper exists:  Provided,  That  the  cost  of  such 
monthly  publication  shall  not  exceed  two  dollars  per 
month;  otherwise  they  shall  post  the  same  at  the 
court  house  and  at  three  other  public  places  in  the 
county. 

Tenth. — To  prescribe,  in  consultation  with  promi- 
nent teachers,  a  course  of  study  for  the  schools  of 
the  county  and  grade  them  properly;  and  to  recjuire 
to  be  taught  in  every  public  school  in  the  county 
over  which  they  preside,  elementary  physiology,  es- 
pecially as  it  relates  to  the  effects  of  alcoholic  stimu- 
lants and  narcotics,  morally,  mentally  and  physi- 
cally; and  all  persons  applying  for  certificates  to 
teach  shall  be  examined  upon  this  branch  of  study. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  21 

under  the  same  conditions  as  other  branches  re- 
quired by  law. 

Eleventh.  To  perform  all  acts  reasonable  and 
necessary  for  the  promotion  of  the  educational  in- 
terests of  the  county  and  the  general  diffusion  of 
knowledge  among  the  citizens. 

Twelfth. — To  hold  regular  meetings  for  the 
transaction  of  business,  by  arrangement  with  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  and  to 
convene  a  special  session  on  emergencies  when  re- 
quested by  the  County  Superintendent  of  Publio 
Instruction. 

Thirteenth. — To  prepare  on  or  before  the  last 
Monday  in  June  of  each  year,  an  itemized  estimate 
showing  the  amount  of  money  required  for  the  main- 
tenance of  the  necessary  common  schools  of  their 
county  for  the  next  ensuing  scholastic  year,  stating 
the  amount  in  mills  on  the  dollar  of  taxable  property 
of  the  county,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  three  or 
more  than  seven  mills,  and  furnish  a  copy  of  the 
statement  to  the  assessor  of  taxes  of  the  county,  and 
file  a  copy  in  the  office  of  the  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction; and  the  assessor  shall  assess  the  amount 
so  stated,  and  the  collector  shall  collect  the  amount 
assessed  and  pay  over  the  same  monthly  to  the 
County  Treasurer,  who  is  also  by  law  School  Treas- 
urer, to  be  used  for  the  sole  benefit  of  the  publio 
schools. 

Fourteenth. — To  have  school  census  taken  in  case 
the  County  Superintendent  of  Schools  shall  fail  to 
perform  such  duty  when  the  same  is  required  to  be 
performed. 

Fifteenth. — To  examine  at  least  twice  each  year 
the  books  and  records  of  the  Tax  Collector  which  re- 
late to  the  collection  of  poll  taxes,  and  said  board 
shall  require  prompt  settlement  for  all  poll  taxes 


22  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

assessed,  together  with  those  not  assessed  but  col- 
lected. Any  member  of  a  county  school  board  who 
neglects  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  act 
shall  be  suspended  from  office. 

36.  (348)  Not  to  Contract  with  Members.— No 
board  of  public  instruction  shall  have  power  to  enter 
into  contract  with  any  of  its  members,  except  for 
the  purpose  of  obtaining  school  sites. 

37.  (349)  Comity  Board  of  Public  Instruction 
Districts. — The  county  Board  of  Public  Instruction 
in  each  county  shall  divide  their  respective  counties 
into  three  county  school  board  districts  so  as  to  place 
in  each  district,  as  nearly  as  practicable,  the  same 
number  of  qualified  voters,  the  lines  of  said  district 
to  be  so  drawn  as  to  place  each  election  district 
wholly  within  one  or  another  of  said  county  school 
board  districts;  and  the  members  of  the  County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction  shall  file  in  the  office 
of  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  for  such  county  a 
certificate  of  their  said  action,  containing  a  descrip- 
tion of  the  boundaries  of  said  districts,  and  naming 
the  election  districts  comprising  each  county  school 
board  district,  which  certificate  shall  be  published 
in  a  newspaper  published  in  the  county,  or  if  there 
be  no  newspaper  published  in  the  county,  then  by 
posting  at  the  county  court  house  door  for  four 
weeks  thereafter. 

The  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  may 
thereafter  change  the  boundaries  of  any  such  dis- 
tricts at  a  meeting  in  July  of  the  year  of  a  general 
election,  but  such  change  shall  be  certified  in  the 
Clerk's  office  and  published  as  required  for  fixing 
such  districts  in  the  first  instance. 

38.  (350)  Vacancies.  How  FiUed.— All  vacan- 
cies on  said  Board  of  Public  Instruction  shall  be 
filled  for  the  unexpired  term  by  appointment  by  the 


SCHOOL  LAWSi  23 

State  Board  of  Education  on  the  nomination  of  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

39.  (351)  Duties  of  County  Superintendent. — 
The  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  is 
directed: 

First. — To  make  timely  inspection  of  the  county,  to 
ascertain  the  location  in  which  schools  should  be 
established,  the  number  of  youth  who  would  attend 
each,  and  the  amount  of  aid  that  the  citizens  of  the 
neighborhood  will  contribute  to  encourage  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  school. 

Second. — To  visit  each  school  at  least  once  during 
each  school  term,  and  to  make  a  thorough  examina- 
tion of  its  conditions  as  respects  the  progress  of  the 
pupils  in  learning,  the  order  and  discipline  observed 
the  system  of  instruction  pursued,  the  attendance  of 
the  pupils,  the  mode  of  keeping  school  records,  the 
character  and  condition  of  the  school  buildings, 
furniture,  books,  apparatus  and  premises,  the  effi- 
ciency of  the  School  Supervisor,  the  interest  and  co- 
operation of  the  citizens  in  regard  to  educational 
matters,  and  to  give  such  advice  as  he  may  deem 
proper. 

Third. — To  do  all  in  his  power  to  awaken  an  in- 
creased interest  in  parents,  guardians.  School  Super- 
visors and  teachers,  with  regard  to  the  better  educa- 
tion of  youth  in  every  respect  and  the  general  diffu- 
sion of  knowledge.  •  I 

Fourth. — To  confer  with  the  School  Supervisors 
frequently,  and  see  that  they  attend  to  their  duties, 
keeping  them  supplied  with  a  copy  of  the  school 
laws,  decisions,  blanks  and  regulations  of  the  depart- 
ment. .^ 

Fifth. — To  select  for  School  Supervisors  persons 
whose  character,  qualification  and  sympathy  with 


24  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

education  specially  commend  them  to  those  posi- 
tions. 

Sixth. — To  keep  a  record  by  number,  name  and 
description  of  the  locality  of  each  school  established, 
of  the  expenses  incurred  for,  and  of  his  visits  of  in- 
spection to,  the  several  schools. 

Seventh. — To  notify  the  State  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction,  immediately  upon  entering  upon 
his  duties,  the  names  and  addresses  of  all  county 
school  officers. 

Eighth. — To  decide  upon  questions  and  disputes 
which  arise  when  submitted  to^  him  by  the  parties 
interested,  and  to  refer  his  decisions  to  the  Board  of 
Public  Instruction. 

Ninth. — To  see  that  the  interests  of  the  county  are 
properly  guarded,  and  its  rights  secured  in  the  mak- 
ing and  performance  of  every  contract  for  the  con- 
struction of  school  buildings,  or  for  other  purposes; 
and  that  all  moneys  apportioned  to  or  raised  by  the 
county  are  applied  to  the  objects  for  which  they  were 
granted  or  raised. 

Tenth. — To  revoke  or  suspend  certificates  and  sus- 
pend those  issued  by  other  authority  for  cause  mani- 
festly sufficient,  giving  notice  in  writing  to  the 
authority  issuing  them,  and  of  the  grounds  for  so 
doing;  also  notifying  the  teacher  in  like  manner,  and 
of  the  right  of  appeal,  to  whom  and  when  the  appeal 
should  be  made. 

Eleventh. — Acting  as  Secretary  of  the  County 
School  Board,  he  shall  make  and  forward  monthly 
a  certified  copy  of  the  Tax  Collector's  monthly  lists 
of  persons  who  have  paid  their  poll  taxes,  to  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  who 
shall  file  and  preserve  the  same  in  his  office  as  a  part 
of  the  public  records  and  furnish  copies  when  re- 
quested by  the  citizens  of  this  State. 


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Twelfth.— Before  the  fifteenth  day  of  May,  in  the 
year  1910,  and  every  ten  years  thereafter,  he  shall 
take  the  census  of  all  school  children  in  his  county, 
between  the  ages  of  six  and  twenty-one  years;  and 
if  any  such  children  be  idiots  or  insane,  or  blind, 
or  deaf  mutes,  he  shall  so  state,  and  he  shall  report 
such  census  to  the  School  Board  of  the  county,  and 
to  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  on 
or  before  the  first  day  of  June  of  the  year  of  which 
such  census  shall  be  taken.  He  shall  certify  to  such 
report  as  being  correct,  and  shall  be  paid  three  cents 
for  each  child  so  reported,  and  upon  his  failing  to 
perform  the  duties  herein  required  of  him,  he  shall 
be  relieved  of  office.  In  case  he  shall  employ  any 
person  to  assist  in  making  any  such  enumeration  of 
such  children,  such  person  or  persons,  shall  make  a 
sworn  statement  showing  when  and  where  such 
enumeration  was  made,  and  that  the  same  is  correct, 
and  the  same  shall  be  filed  with  the  School  Board  as 
part  of  his  report. 

40.  (352)  Duties  of  Supervisor. — Every  Super- 
visor is  directed: 

First. — To  supervise  the  work  and  management  of 
the  school  and  its  interest  over  which  he  is  appoint- 
ed, and  report  monthly  to  the  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction. 

Second. — To  supervise  the  construction,  rental,  re- 
pair and  improvement  of  the  school  buildings,  furni- 
ture, fences,  grounds  and  fixtures;  to  procure  a  copy 
of  the  school  laws,  regulations  and  decisions  for  the 
use  of  the  teacher  and  his  own  instruction. 

Third. — To  attend  at  all  times,  when  requested  by, 
and  co-operate  with  the  teacher  in  his  effort  to  ele- 
vate the  character  and  condition  of  the  school ;  to  re- 
view all  suspensions  from  school  by  the  teacher  of 
pupils  guilty  of  gross  misconduct  and  a  disregard  of 


26  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

and  persistent  opposition  to  the  authority  of  the 
teacher,  and  to  promptly  report  the  same  to  the 
Connty  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

TEACHEES'  EXAMINATIONS. 

41.  (353)  Two  Examinations  Yearly. — There 
shall  be  held  two  examinations  a  year  in  each  county 
in  the  State,  beginning  on  Tuesday  after  the  first 
Monday  in  June  and  September,  and  each  may  con- 
tinue one  or  more  days  at  the  discretion  of  the  exam- 
iner, and  a  vote  of  the  examinees:  Provided,  That 
only  one  examination  shall  be  held  in  any  county 
if  two  be  found  unnecessary. 

42.  (355)  One  Examination  at  County  Seat. — 
At  least  one  of  the  examinations  of  teachers  shall  be 
held  at  the  county  seat  of  the  county  in  which  the 
examination  is  held:  Provided,  That  where  two  ex- 
aminations are  held  the  County  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction may  designate  another  convenient  place 
for  holding  one  of  such  examinations  other  than  the 
county  site. 

43.  (356)  Special  Examinations.— The  State 
Superintendent,  for  sufficient  cause,  may  order  ex- 
aminations held  on  days  other  than  those  prescribed 
in  Section  353  (41). 

44.  (357).  Whom  County  Superintendent  to 
Examine. — Candidates  for  third,  second  and  first 
grade  certificates  shall  be  examined  by  the  County 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  on  questions 
prepared  in  all  cases  by  the  State  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction.  The  questions  shall  be  sent 
sealed  to  the  County  Superintendents  of  the  various 
counties,  which  seal  shall  not  be  broken  until  the 
morning  of  the  day  on  which  the  questions  for  that 
day  are  to  be  used,  and  then  only  in  the  presence  of 
the  persons  assembled  for  examination. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  27 

45.  (358)  Penalty  for  Cheating. — Any  person 
or  persons  who  shall  be  found  guilty  of  securing  or 
attempting  to  secure  the  prepared  questions,  or  who 
shall  furnish  the  prepared  questions  to  any  teachw 
or  other  person  in  any  other  way  than  prescribed  by 
this  act,  shall  be  debarred  from  teaching  a  school  or 
from  holding  any  school  office  in  the  State. 

46.  (359)     Procedure  in  Cases  of  Doubt.— The 

candidates  for  certificates  shall  ask  no  questions, 
nor  receive  any  assistance  from  any  source  during 
the  examination.  In  case  any  examinee  may  be  in 
doubt  as  to  the  meaning  of  any  question,  he  or  she 
may  state  in  writing  the  point  in  doubt  and  answer 
accordingly,  which  answer  shall  receive  due  consid- 
eration in  grading  the  papers. 

47.  (360)     Mode  of  Conducting  Examination. — 

All  examination  papers  shall  be  prepared  in  the  pres- 
ence of  the  County  Superintendent  or  his  appointed 
assistant,  who  shall  collect  the  questions  and  answers 
on  each  branch  as  completed,  and  said  examiner 
shall  accept  no  paper  of  any  examinee  containing  a 
name  or  mark  which  would  indicate  to  any  other 
than  the  examiner  its  author.  Said  examiner  shall 
himself,  on  collecting  each  paper,  designate  it  by  a 
number  known  only  to  himself,  and  shall  keep  a 
record  by  number  and  name  of  the  author  of  each 
examination  paper.  Every  examinee  shall  complete 
and  hand  in  the  answers  on  each  branch  before  the 
questions  on  any  other  branch  shall  be  given  out. 
When  every  examinee  has  completed  all  the 
branches,  the  examiner  shall  arrange  and  bundle  to- 
gether all  the  papers  of  each  examinee,  and  shall  de- 
liver the  whole  to  a  grading  committee. 

48.  (361)  Who  Permitted  to  Teach  Public 
Schools. — No  person  shall  be  permitted  to  teach  in 
the  public  schools  of  the  State  of  Florida  who  does 


28  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

not  hold  a  teacher's  certificate  granted  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  this  act:  Provided,  That 
County  Superintendents  may  hold  a  special  exami- 
nation, and  issue  temporary  certificates  for  a  term 
not  longer  than  the  interval  between  the  regular  ex- 
aminations: Provided,  The  applicant  for  such  cer- 
tificate furnishes  satisfactory  reasons  for  having 
failed  to  attend  the  regular  examination:  Provided, 
That  no  person  shall  be  permitted  the  benefit  of  a 
second  special  examination  under  the  pro^dsions  of 
this  act:  Provided  further,  That  no  certificate  issued 
under  the  Laws  of  this  State  since  January  1,  1894, 
shall  be  rendered  void  by  this  act. 

49.  (362)  Seven  Grades  of  Certificates.— There 
shall  be  seven  grades  of  teachers '  certificates,  issued 
as  herein  specified  and  named,  respectively,  to  wit: 
Third  grade,  second  grade,  first  grade,  primary, 
special.  State  and  life  certificates. 

50.  (363)  Issued  Upon  Written  Examination. — 
No  certificate,  except  life  certificates,  shall  be  issued 
except  on  written  examination,  or  on  oral  and  writ- 
ten examination  as  provided  by  law. 

51.  (364)  Certificate  of  Character  and  Fee.— 
The  applicant  for  the  certificate  of  any  grade,  to  be 
eligible  for  examination,  shall  present  to  the  exam- 
iner an  endorsement  of  good  moral  character  from 
two  responsible  persons,  and  shall  pay  an  examina- 
tion fee  of  one  dollar.  The  examiner  shall  turn  over 
to  the  County  Treasurer,  immediately  after  any  ex- 
amination, the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  every  person 
examined,  taking  his  receipt  therefor,  and  for  fail- 
ure to  make  such  disposition  shall  be  subject  to 
prosecution.  The  fund  arising  from  examination 
fees  shall  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  county  school 
fund. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  29 

52.  (365)  Third  Grade  Certificate.— A  third 
grade  certificate  shall  be  issued  to  any  eligible  appli- 
cant, who,  in  the  uniform  examination  in  orthogra- 
phy, reading,  geography,  arithmetic,  English  gram- 
mar, United  States  history,  physiology,  theory  and 
practice  of  teaching  and  composition,  shall  have 
made  a  grade  in  no  branch  below  forty  per  cent,  and 
an  average  grade  of  sixty  per  cent,  in  all  the  above 
branches.  . 

A  third  grade  certificate  shall  be  valid  for  two 
years  from  the  date  of  issue,  except  as  otherwise  pro- 
vided by  law. 

53.  (366)  Second  Grade. — A  second  grade  cer- 
tificate shall  be  issued  to  any  eligible  applicant,  who, 
in  the  uniform  examination  in  all  the  branches  pre- 
scribed for  a  third  grade  certificate,  shall  have  made 
a  grade  in  no  branch  below  sixty  per  cent  and  an  av- 
erage of  seventy-five  per  c^nt  in  all  the  aforesaid 
branches. 

A  second  grade  certificate  shall  be  valid  for  four 
years  from  the  date  of  issue  except  as  otherwise  pro- 
vided by  law. 

54.  (367)  First  Grade.— A  first  grade  certifi- 
cate shall  be  issued  to  any  eligible  applicant  who 
shall  have  been  examined  in  all  the  branches  pre- 
scribed for  a  third  gi-ade  certificate,  and  in  civil  gov- 
ernment, algebra  and  physical  geography,  and  who 
shall  have  made  a  grade  in  no  branch  below  sixty 
per  cent  and  an  average  of  eighty-five  per  cent  iu 
all  the  aforesaid  branches. 

A  first  grade  certificate  shall  be  valid  for  five 
years  from  the  date  or  issue,  except  as  otherwise  pro- 
videil  by  law. 

55.  (368)  Primary  Certificate. — A  })rimary 
certificate  may  be  issued  by  the  State  Superintend- 


30  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

ent  to  any  eligible  applicant  who  shall  furnish  satis- 
factory testimonials  as  to  peculiar  fitness  for  pri- 
mary teaching,  and  who  shall  have  made  a  grade  of 
eighty  per  cent  in  such  oral  and  written  examina- 
tion on  primary  studies  and  methods  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  State  Superintendent,  with  such  as- 
sistants as  he  may  select.  Primary  certificates 
shall  be  valid  for  four  years  from  the  date  of  issue, 
except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law,  and  shall  be 
valid  only  for  teaching  in  the  first,  second  and  third 
grades  of  the  primary  departments  of  regularly 
graded  schools  or  in  public  kindergartens, 

56.  (369)  Special  Certificate. — A  special  cer- 
tificate may  be  issued  by  the  State  Superintendent 
to  any  eligible  applicant  who  shall  furnish  satisfac- 
tory testimonials  as  to  peculiar  fitness  for  teaching 
any  one  or  more  branches  not  included  in  the  re- 
quirements for  second  grade  certificates,  and  shall 
make  a  grade  of  not  less  than  ninety  per  cent  on 
such  branch  or  branches  in  such  examination  as 
shall  be  prescribed  by  the  State  Superintendent  with 
such  assistants  as  he  may  select. 

A  special  certificate  shall  be  valid  for  five  years 
from  the  date  of  issue,  and  only  for  teaching  the 
special  branch  or  branches  for  which  it  shall  have 
been  issued. 

57.  (370)  State  Certificate.— A  State  certifi- 
cate may  be  issued  by  the  State  Superintendent  to 
any  eligible  applicant  who  shall  have  taught  twenty- 
four  months  in  all,  eight  months  under  a  first  grade 
certificate  obtained  in  this  State,  and  shall  have 
passed  an  examination  conducted  by  the  State  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction  on  geometry,  trigo- 
nometry, physics,  botany,  zoology,  Latin,  rhetoric, 
English  literature,  psychology  and  general  history, 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  31 

and  shall  have  made  an  average  grade  of  eighty-five 
per  cent  with  a  grade  in  no  branch  below  sixty  per 
cent. 

A  State  certificate  shall  be  valid  for  five  years 
from  the  date  of  issue,  and  shall  be  valid  through- 
out the  State. 

58.  (371)  Life  Certificate.— A  life  certificate 
good  in  any  part  of  the  State  and  of  perpetual  valid- 
ity, may  be  issued  by  the  State  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction,  without  examination,  to  any 
teacher  holding  a  State  certificate  issued  since  Jan- 
uary 1st,  A.  D.  1894,  and  who  has  successfully  done 
high  school  or  college  teaching  in  this  State  for  a 
period  of  thirty  months  under  a  State  certificate, 
and  who  shall  present  satisfactory  endorsement 
showing  eminent  ability  in  teaching  and  school  gov- 
ernment from  three  persons  holding  life  certificates. 

59.  (372)  Endorsement  of  Certificate.— A  first, 
second  and  third  grade  certificate  may  be  endorsed 
by  the  County  Superintendent  of  any  county  in  the 
State,  and  shall  then  be  valid  for  its  unexpired  term 
in  the  county  in  which  it  is  endorsed.  . 

60.  (373)  First  Grade  and  Primary  Certificates 
Made  Perpetually  Valid  Under  Certain  Conditions. — 
Whenever  the  holders  of  a  first  grade  certificate 
shall  present  to  the  County  Superintendent  of  any 
county  in  the  State  satisfactory  evidence  that  he  or 
she  has  taught  school  successfully  for  twenty  years 
in  this  State,  nine  years  of  which  shall  have  been 
taught  under  certificates  issued  since  January  1st, 
A.  D.,  1894,  and  that  he  or  she  is  of  good  moral  char- 
acter and  faithful  and  successful  as  an  instructor 
and  disciplinarian,  the  County  Superintendent  of  any 
county  in  the  State  may,  upon  further  examination 
as  he  may  deem  necessary,  endorse  said  certificate, 


32  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

making  it  perpetually  valid  during  the  life  of  tlie 
holder  in  the  county  where  such  endorsement  is 
made. 

Whenever  any  teacher  shall  present  satisfactory 
evidence  that  he  or  she  has  taught  school  in  this 
State  for  six  years  under  first  gTade  certificates,  the 
average  grade  of  such  certificate  being  not  less  than 
ninety  per  cent,  issued  since  January  1st,  A.  D.  1894, 
and  that  he  or  she  is  of  good  moral  character,  and 
faithful  and  successful  as  an  instructor  and  disci- 
plinarian, the  County  Superintendent  of  any  county 
in  this  State  may,  without  further  examination,  issue 
to  such  teacher  a  first  grade  life  certificate,  good  in 
any  part  of  the  State,  and  of  perpetual  validity  in 
the  county  where  such  endorsement  is  made. 

Whenever  the  holder  of  a  primary  certificate  shall 
present  to  the  State  Superintendent  satisfactory  evi- 
dence of  having  taught  successfully  under  said  cer- 
tificate for  four  years,  the  State  Superintendent  may 
endorse  said  certificate,  thereby  making  it  valid  dur- 
ing the  life  of  the  holder. 

61.  (374)  Certificate  May  Be  Revoked.— A  cer- 
tificate of  any  grade  may  be  revoked  by  the  author- 
ity issuing  it  or  by  the  State  Superintendent  when 
it  is  proved  that  the  holder  thereof  is  unsuccessful, 
incompetent,  or  guilty  of  any  immorality,  or  fails  to 
be  governed  by  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the 
Department  of  Public  Instruction. 

62.  (375)  Grading  Committee.  Who  Eligiblft- 
— The  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  prior  to 
any  authorized  examination,  shall  appoint  three 
teachers  holding  the  highest  grade  certificates 
among  the  teachers  of  the  county  as  a  grading  com- 
mittee; and  keep  secret  the  names  of  persons  com- 
prising said  committee  until  its  work  is  performed. 
Said  com.mittee  shall  immediately  after  the  close  of 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  33 

any  examination  carefully  examine  and  grade  eacli 
paper  turned  over  to  it  by  the  County  Superintend- 
ent. When  the  said  committee  shall  have  completed 
its  work,  it  shall  deliver  back  to  the  County  Superin- 
tendent all  papers  turned  over  to  it,  with  a  grada- 
tion sheet,  showing  the  grade  of  each  examinee  in 
each  branch  upon  which  he  or  she  was  examined, 
also  the  average  grade  and  rank  of  each  examinee. 

63.  (376)  Gradation  Sheet.— The  County  Su- 
perintendent shall  then,  for  the  first  time,  make 
known  to  the  grading  committee  the  name  corre- 
sponding to  the  number  of  any  examinee,  and  shall 
then,  in  the  presence  of  said  committee,  present  his 
list  and  write  on  said  gradation  sheet  the  name  of 
each  examinee  after  his  or  her  proper  number.  The 
said  grading  committee  shall  retain  one  copy  of  said 
gradation  sheet,  and  shall  file  one  with  the  County 
Superintendent,  who  shall  issue  certificates  to  the 
examinees  making  averages  according  to  the  provis- 
ions of  Section  361  to  370,  and  to  no  others. 

64.  (377)  Examination  Questions  and  Ansv/ers 
Filed. — All  examination  questions  and  answers  pre- 
pared by  the  applicants  for  certificates  shall  be  filed 
in  the  Office  of  the  County  Superintendent  and  prop- 
erly preserved  for  at  least  one  year,  and  in  case  any 
candidate  is  dissatisfied  with  the  grading  of  his  or 
her  papers,  he  or  she  may  file  a  notice  of  appeal 
therefrom,  together  with  a  fee  of  five  dollars,  with 
the  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 
who  shall  at  once  forward  the  papers  of  such  appli- 
cant to  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion. Upon  the  receipt  of  such  papers  the  State  Su- 
perintendent shall  at  once  appoint  a  committee  of 
three  leading  teachers  of  the  State  of  Florida  who 
shall,  as  soon  as  practicable,  regrade  such  papers  and 

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34  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

certify  their  acts  to  the  County  Superintendent  of 
the  county  from  which  the  appeal  emanated,  and 
these  grades  shall  be  final,  and  the  County  Superin- 
tendent shall  issue  certificates  based  upon  them  only. 
Such  grading  committee  of  appeals  shall  be  paid  by 
the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of  the  county  from 
which  the  appeal  emanated  the  sum  of  one  dollar 
and  fifty  cents  each  for  each  set  of  papers  so  graded. 

65.  (378)  Pay  of  Committee.— It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  County  Board  to  pay  the  members  of  the 
grading  committee  two  dollars  per  day,  and  five 
cents  a  mile  each  way,  one  trip,  for  the  actual  dis- 
tance traveled,  and  for  the  time  necessary  for  them  to 
perform  their  work.  In  estimating  a  day,  ten  hours' 
actual  service  shall  be  counted  a  day,  and  not  more 
than  five  days  shall  be  allowed  for  the  completion  of 
the  grading  of  all  the  papers  after  any  examina- 
tion. 


DUTIES  AND  POAVEES  OF  TpACHEES. 

66.     (379)     Every  Teacher  Is  Directed: 

First. — To  labor  faithfully  and  earnestly  for  the 
advancement  of  the  pupils  in  their  studies,  deport- 
ment and  morals,  and  to  embrace  every  opportunity 
to  inculcate,  by  precept  and  example,  the  principles 
of  truth,  honesty  and  patriotism  and  the  practice  of 
every  Christian  virtue. 

Second. — To  require  the  pupils  to  observe  personal 
cleanliness,  neatness,  order,  promptness  and  gentil- 
ity of  manners,  to  avoid  vulgarity  and  profanity, 
and  to  cultivate  in  them  habits  of  industry,  and 
economy,  a  regard  for  the  rights  and  feelings  of 
others,  and  their  own  responsibilities  and  duties  as 
citizens. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  35 

Third. — To  see  that  the  school  house,  and  all 
things  pertaining  thereto  are  not  unnecessarily  de- 
faced or  injured. 

Fourth.-— To  enforce  needful  restrictions  upon  the 
conduct  of  the  pupils  in  or  near  the  school  house  or 
grounds,  avoiding  at  all  times  unnecessary  severity 
and  measures  of  punishment  that  are  degrading  in 
their  tendency. 

Fifth. — To  suspend  pupils  from  school  for  ten 
days  for  gToss  immoralit}^,  misconduct  or  persistent 
violations  of  the  regulations,  giving  immediate 
notice  to  the  parents  or  guardian  of  the  pupil,  and  to 
the  School  Supervisor,  of  the  suspension  and  the 
cause  of  it. 

Sixth. — To  hold  a  public  examination  at  the  close 
of  each  school  term,  either  oral  or  written. 

Seventh. — To  deliver  up  the  keys  and  all  school 
property  to  the  Supervisor  on  closing  or  suspending 
the  school,  and  in  all  things  to  conform  to  the  regu- 
lations of  the  department. 

67.  (380)  Teachers  Exempt  From  Jury  and 
Military  Duty. — No  teacher  while  actually  engaged 
in  his  profession  shall  be  liable  to  military  or  jury 
duty. 

68.  (381)  Temporary  Absence  of  Teacher;  How 
Filled. — Whenever  a  teacher  in  a  public  school  of 
this  State  desires  to  be  temporarily  absent  from 
duty,  not  to  exceed  three  days,  and  shall  be  excused 
from  duty  during  such  absence  by  the  County  Super- 
intendent, or  by  the  Trustees  or  Supervisor  of  such 
school,  such  teacher  may  provide  a  substitute,  who 
shall  be  first  approved  by  the  County  Superintend- 
ent, Trustees  or  Supervisor  of  such  school,  and  the 
pay  of  such  absent  teacher  shall  be  left  to  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  for  the 


36  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

time  of  such  absence  but  the  pay  of  such  substitute 
shall  be  provided  for  by  the  teacher  whose  place  is 
thus  taken.  When  any  such  teacher  referred  to  here- 
in is  employed  in  a  graded  or  high  school,  the  prin- 
cipal of  such  school  may. approve  of  such  substitute 
and  excuse  such  teacher. 

69.  (382)     When  Absence  Exceeds  Three  Days. 

— When  a  teacher  in  a  public  school  of  this  State  is 
granted  leave  of  absence  from  duty  by  the  County 
Superintendent  or  Trustees  of  such  school  for  a  time 
exceeding  three  days,  the  temporary  vacancy  shall 
be  filled  by  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction, 
or  by  the  County  Superintendent,  or  by  the  Trustees 
of  such  school,, and  such  substitute,  if  practicable, 
shall  be  one  holding  a  teacher's  certificate  for  the 
grade  to  be  supplied,  and  shall  receive  such  pay  as 
shall  be  agreed  upon  by  the  County  Board,  or  by  the 
Trustees  making  such  appointment,  before  entering 
upon  duty.  The  pay  of  the  absent  teacher  shall  cease 
during  such  absence. 

70.  (383)  Forfeiture  of  Pay  in  Certain  Cases. 
— ^Any  teacher  absent  without  leave,  shall  forfeit  pay 
for  the  time  of  such  absence:  Provided,  An  absence 
of  not  exceeding  two  days  may,  with  the  consent  of 
the  County  Superintendent,  Trustees  or  Supervisor, 
be  made  up  by  such  teacher  teaching  additional 
time:  Provided,  This  section  shall  not  apply  to 
graded  or  high  schools. 

71.  (384)  Teacher's  Report.— A  teacher's 
monthly  report  shall  in  eveiy  case,  except  as  herein 
provided,  be  made  for  twenty  days  of  actual  teach- 
ing, and  such  report  must  be  filed  with  the  County 
Superintendent  before  warrant  may  be  drawn  for  all 
or  any  part  of  such  service:  Provided,  That  a  school 
holiday  occurring  in  any  scholastic  month  may  be 
counted  as  one  of  the  twenty  days  taught;  and.  Pro- 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  37 

vided.  That  when  a  school  term  may  embrace  a  frac- 
tional number  of  months,  the  last  monthly  report 
shall  be  made  for  a  fractional  part  of  a  month,  and 
payment  shall  be  made  for  such  fraction  of  a  month. 

PUBLIC  HIGH  SCHOOLS  AND  RURAL  GRADED 
SCHOOLS. 

(This  Article  Re-enacted  by  Chap.  5382.) 

72.  (386)  Number  of  Years  of  Instruction.— 
The  uniform  system  of  public  free  schools  of  tho 
State  of  Florida  shall  provide  for  twelve  consecutive 
school  years  of  instruction,  exclusive  of  kindergar- 
tens, normals,  colleges  and  universities,  and  such 
other  schools  as  may  be  designated  or  established  by 
the  Legislature. 

73.  (387)  School  Year.— Each  school  year  of 
instruction  shall  be  designated  as  a  grade,  and  no 
official  course  of  study  shall  recognize  less  than  a 
school  year  of  eight  months  of  instruction  as  consti- 
tuting the  work  of  a  grade. 

74.  (388)  Grades  of  Instruction.— The  first  two 
grades  shall  be  known  as  primary  grades;  the  third, 
fourth,  fifth  and  sixth  grades  shall  be  known  as  in- 
termediate gi-ades;  the  seventh  and  eighth  grades 
shall  be  known  as  grammar  grades;  the  ninth  and 
tenth  grades  shall  be  known  as  junior  high  school 
grades,  and  the  eleventh  and  twelfth  grades  shall 
be  known  as  senior  high  school  grades. 

75.  (389)  Primary  Grades. — Instruction  shall 
be  given  in  the  primary  grades  in  reading,  spelling, 
language,  physiology'  and  hygiene,  numbers  and 
writing,  and  such  lessons  in  music,  drawing,  geog- 
raphy, nature  study,  morals  and  manners,  as  may 
be   provided   for   in   the   county   course   of   study. 


38  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

76.  (390)  Intermediate  Grades. — ^Instruction 
shall  be  given  in  the  intermediate  grades  in  reading, 
spelling,  language,  arithmetic,  geography,  physiol- 
ogy, hygiene,  writing,  elementary  science,  and  such 
lessons  in  music,  drawing,  history,  nature  study, 
morals  and  manners,  as  may  be  provided  for  in  the 
county  course  of  study. 

77.  (391)  Grammar  Grades. — Instruction  shall 
be  given  in  the  grammar  grades  in  reading,  orthog- 
raphy, grammar,  arithmetic  (oral  and  written), 
science,  physiology,  geography,  history  and  civil 
government  of  Florida,  and  of  the  United  States, 
and  such  lessons  in  music,  drawing,  morals  and  man- 
ners, manual  training,  domestic  arts  and  sciences, 
and  agriculture,  as  may  be  provided  for  in  the 
county  course  of  study. 

78.  (392)  High  School  Grades.— Instruction 
shall  be  given  in  the  high  school  grades  in  such  sub- 
jects and  to  such  extent  as  shall  be  designated  in  the 
course  of  study  for  high  schools  hereinafter  pro- 
vided for. 

79.  (393)  Course  of  Study.— Immediately  after 
the  passage  and  approval  of  this  act,  the  State  Su- 
perintendent of  Public  Instruction  shall  appoint  a 
committee  of  not  less  than  six  nor  more  than  ten  of 
the  most  capable  persons,  of  whom  not  less  than  one- 
third  shall  be  presidents  or  principals  of  State  in- 
stitutions for  higher  education,  and  not  less  than 
one-third  shall  be  principals  of  high  or  graded 
schools,  and  these,  together  with  himself,  at  the 
earliest  practicable  date,  shall  prepare  a  standard 
course  of  study  for  high  school  grades.  Said  course 
of  study  shall  prescribe  minimum  requirements,  and 
shall  be  arranged,  as  far  as  practicable,  to  secure 
equality  of  mental  power  and  training  among  those 
completing  its  instruction,  and  to  insure  suitable 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  39 

preparation  for  entrance  into  tlie  lowest  college 
classes  of  the  State  institutions  for  higher  educa- 
tion; but  shall  not  prescribe  unnecessary  details  as 
to  order  or  method  of  instruction,  though  it  may 
recommend  such  details.  "When  such  course  of  study 
shall  have  been  prepared,  the  State  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction  shall  cause  same  to  be  printed 
for  free  distribution. 

80.  (394)  Expenses  of  Committee  Paid.— The 
members  of  the  committee  provided  for  in  the  pre- 
ceding section  shall  serve  without  compensation,  but 
they  shall  be  paid  all  necessary  expenses  incurred  in 
performing  the  services  required. 

81.  (395)     State  Aid  for  High  Schools.-— Any 

public  high  school  maintained  by  taxation  and  con- 
trolled by  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction, 
which  shall  provide  instruction  of  the  character  pre- 
scribed by  law  for  high  school  grades,  and  which 
shall  be  conducted  in  a  suitable  building  with  a  rea- 
sonable amount  of  furniture  and  equipment,  may 
receive  from  the  State  Treasury  aid  as  follows :  Any 
high  school  which  shall  maintain  only  the  first  two 
or  junior  grades,  prescribed  in  the  official  course  of 
study  for  high  schools,  shall  receive  $360.00  per 
annum  for  three  years;  and  any  high  school  main- 
taining all  four,  or  junior  and  senior  high  school 
grades,  as  prescribed  by  the  State  course  of  study 
for  high  schools,  shall  receive  six  hundred  ($600.00) 
dollars  per  annum  for  three  years.* 

82.  (396)     State  Aid  for  Rural  Graded  Schools. 

— Any  public  school  which  shall  be  maintained  not 
less  than  three  miles  distance  from  any  town  or  city 
of  more  than  five  hundred  inhabitants  which  shall 
be  supported  by  the  public  school  funds  and  con- 
trolled by  a  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction, 
which  shall  provide  all  instruction  of  the  character 


40  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

prescribed  by  law,  in  inteniiediate  and  grammar 
grades,  during  not  less  than  eight  months  of  each 
year,  and  which  shall  be  conducted  by  not  less  than 
two  qualified  teachers  in  a  suitable  building,  and 
which  shall  have  necessary  equipment  and  furni- 
ture, shall  receive  from  the  State  Treasury  two  hun- 
dred dollars  ($200.00)  per  annum  for  four  years: 
Provided,  That  the  three-mile  limit,  pr«^«^ribed  in 
this  section,  shall  not  apply  to  schools  the  pupils 
of  which  are  prevented  by  natural  barriers  from  at- 
tending the  nearest  graded  schools.* 

83.  (397)  How  State  Aid  Granted.— Tn  order 
to  receive  aid  as  provided  for  in  the  two  preceding 
sections,  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction 
controlling  any  school  entitled  to  recieve  same,  shall 
make  application  to  the  State  Board  of  Education, 
in  such  form  as  may  be  prescribed  by  said  State 
Board  of  Education,  not  later  than  January  1st  of 
any  school  year.  Upon  receipt  of  such  application 
the  State  Board  of  Education  shall  cause  investiga- 
tion of  same  to  be  made  by  the  State  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction,  and  if  satisfied  that  all  con- 
ditions have  been  complied  with  fully,  the  said 
Board  of  Education  shall  make  requisition  upon  the 
State  Comptroller  for  the  amount  due  under  provis- 
ions of  the  two  preceding  sections:  Provided,  That 
if  the  amount  appropriated  for  any  year,  shall  prove 
insufficient  to  aid  all  schools  duly  entitled  thereto, 
then  the  amount  available  under  this  article  shall 
be  prorated  among  all  the  schools  that  have  com- 
plied with  the  conditions  herein  imposed. 

84.  (398)  State  Aid  Not  Granted  Same  Schools 
Twice  in  One  Year. — Aid  shall  under  no  circum- 


*These  sections  declared  unconstitutional  by  State 
Supreme  Court. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  41 

stances  be  gi-anted  to  tlie  same  school  a  second  time 
during  the  same  scliolastic  year,  nor  shall  any  school 
be  permitted  to  receive  aid  a  second  time  because  of 
a  change  of  name,  number,  location  or  any  other 
change  which  may  be  made  for  the  purpose  of  secur- 
ing additional  aid  for  the  same  school  or  for  any 
school  instituted  in  the  stead  of  the  same  school. 

(Kindergarten;  See  Chap.  5387.) 
SPECL\L  TAX  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS. 

85.  (399)  Special  Taoc  Schools.— Each  county 
shall  constitute  a  scliool  unit;  all  sub-divisions  of  a 
county  for  school  purposes  shall  be  designated  as 
school  districts;  all  school  districts  levying  a  school 
district  tax  shall  hereafter  be  designated  as  special 
tax  school  districts,  and  all  schools  receiving  any 
district  tax,  as  special  tax  schools. 

86.  (400)  Petition  for  Election,  Etc.— It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of 
any  county  to  order  an  election  to  be  held  in  any 
subdivision  of  any  city,  or  incorporated  town,  com- 
munity or  subdivision  of  the  county,  at  such  time 
and  place  as  said  Board  may  direct,  whenever  one- 
fourth  of  the  qualified  electors  that  pay  a  tax  on  real 
or  personal  property,  and  are  resident  in  such  city, 
incorporated  town,  community,  or  subdivision  of  the 
county,  shall  petition  for  such  election,  to  determine 
whether  such  city,  incorporated  town,  community  or 
subdivision  of  the  county  shall  become  a  special  tax 
school  district  for  the  purpose  of  levying  and  col- 
lecting a  district  school  tax  for  the  exclusive  use  of 
public  free  schools  within  the  district;  at  such  elec- 
tion the  following  matters  shall  be  determined  by  a 
majority  of  the  ballots  cast  by  electors  qualified  as 
herein  prescribed,  except  that  the  three  persons  re- 


42  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

ceiving  the  highest  vote  at  such  election  shall  be 
declared  School  Trustees  of  said  district:  First, 
whether  the  city,  incorporated  town,  community  or 
subdivision  of  the  county  shall  become  a  special  tax 
school  district;  Second,  who  shall  be  the  School 
Trustees  of  said  district ;  Third,  the  number  of  mills 
of  district  tax  to  be  levied  and  collected  annually 
for  the  two  succeeding  years.  The  three  persons  re- 
ceiving the  highest  number  of  votes  cast  shall  be  de- 
clared the  Trustees  elected  for  the  special  tax  school 
district;  Provided,  A  majority  of  all  the  votes  cast  be 
in  favor  of  creating  such  special  tax  district,  who 
shall  serve  for  the  next  ensuing  two  years  and  per- 
form the  duties  hereinafter  prescribed. 

87.  (401)  Boundaries  of  District.— The  petition 
mentioned  in  the  preceding  section  shall  prescribe 
the  boundaries  of  the  sub-divisions  of  any  city 
or  incorporated  town,  community  or  sub-division  of 
the  county  intended  to  be  formed  into  a  special  tax 
school  district.  The  Board  of  Public  Listruction 
may,  however,  change  the  boundaries  thereof  before 
ordering  any  such  elections,  but  shall  in  no  case  in- 
clude territory  not  included  in  the  original  petition, 
and  shall  give  notice  of  any  such  change  in  the  no- 
tice of  election.  Special  tax  school  districts  created 
under  this  act,  shall  continue  until  dis-established  or 
changed  by  like  proceeding  as  those  by  which  they 
were  created.  The  petition  provided  for  by  the  pre- 
ceding section  shall  be  published  once  a  week  for 
four  successive  weeks,  in  some  newspaper  published 
in  the  county  having  a  general  circulation  through- 
out the  county ;  and  the  publication  shall  state  when 
such  election  will  be  presented  to  such  Boards.  In 
case  there  shall  be  no  newspaper  published  in  the 
county,  such  petition  and  notice  shall  be  posted  in 
the  manner  provided  for  in  the  next  section  for  the 
posting  of  notice  of  election. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  43 

88.  (402)  Board  of  Public  Instruction  to  Give 
Notice  and  Appoint  Inspectors. — It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of  the  county  to 
cause  a  notice  of  said  election  to  be  published  once 
a  week  for  four  successive  weeks  prior  thereto  in  a 
newspaper  published  within  the  county,  and  having 
a  general  circulation  throughout  the  county;  but  if 
no  newspaper  be  published  in  such  county,  then  it 
shall  cause  five  written  or  printed  notices  of  said 
election  to  be  posted  in  five  public  places  within  the 
territory  in  which  the  election  is  ordered.  It  shall 
also  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction to  appoint  inspectors  and  clerks  for  said 
election,  whose  duty  shall  be  the  same  as  those  of 
similar  officers  in  general  elections,  except  as  herein 
stated. 

89.  (403)  Canvass  of  Returns.— The  Board  of 
Public  Instruction  shall  canvass  the  returns  of  elec- 
tion as  made  to  it  by  the  inspectors  and  clerks  of 
election,  and  declare  the  results  at  the  next  regular 
meeting  of  said  Board,  or  at  a  special  meeting  called 
for  that  purpose. 

90.  (404)  Election. — ^All  special  tax  school  dis- 
trict elections  shall  be  held  and  conducted  in  the 
manner  prescribed  by  law  for  holding  general  elec- 
tions, except  as  provided  in  this  article,  and  it  is 
hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Supervisor  of  Eegistra- 
tion  of  any  county,  to  furnish  upon  payment  for 
such  service  to  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion, on  demand,  a  certified  list  of  the  qualified  vot- 
ers residing  in  a  special  tax  school  district,  or  the 
territory  to  be  created  into  a  special  tax  school  dis- 
trict, that  have  paid  a  tax  on  personal  or  real  prop- 
erty for  the  year  next  preceding  any  such  special  tax 
election. 

91.  (405)     Who  Entitled  to  Vote;  Expenses.— 


44  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

All  (Qualified  voters  residing  within  the  territory- 
sought  to  be  made  a  special  tax  school  district  that 
pay  a  tax  on  real  or  personal  property  shall  be  enti- 
tled to  vote  in  said  election,  and  a  majority  of  the 
votes  cast  shall  determine  any  matter  voted  upon, 
pertaining  to  a  special  tax  school  district.  The  cost 
of  the  publication  of  the  notice  and  of  the  election 
itself,  shall  be  paid  by  the  County  Board  of  Public 
Instruction  out  of  the  first  moneys  collected  from 
the  special  tax  district. 

92.  (406)  Election  .  Bi-Enoially.— Elections 
shall  be  held  bi-ennially  in  each  special  tax  school 
district,  as  near  as  practicable  upon  the  anniversary 
of  the  original  election  under  the  direction  of  the 
County  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  to  determine 
who  shall  be  Trustees  for  the  next  succeeding  two 
years,  and  the  number  of  mills  of  district  school  tax 
to  be  levied  for  each  of  said  years ;  said  election  shall 
be  held  under  the  same  rules  and  regulations,  and 
qualifications  of  electors  shall  be  the  same  as  pre- 
scribed for  those  voting  in  the  original  election  cre- 
ating a  special  tax  school  district. 

93.  (407)     Supervisor  Superseded  by  Trustees. 

— Whenever  a  special  tax  school  district  is  created 
and  Trustees  are  elected,  they  shall  have  the  super- 
vision of  all  the  public  schools  within  said  district. 
The  position  of  Supervisor  shall  be  superseded  by 
that  of  Trustees,  and  the  duties  prescribed  by  law 
for  the  Supervisors  shall  be  performed  by  the  Trus- 
tees. The  powers  of  Trustees  shall  not  be  those  of 
control,  but  of  supervision  only,  and  shall  extend  to 
all  of  the  public  schools  within  the  special  tax  dis- 
trict. Any  Trustee  failing  to  discharge  the  duties  of 
the  position  shall  be  removed,  after  due  notice  to 
such  Trustee,  by  the  County  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction, and  all  vacancies  occurring  in  the  Board 


SCHOOL  LAW8.  45 

of  Trustees  from  any  cause,  shall  be  filled  for  the 
unexpired  term  by  the  County  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction, upon  nomination  by  the  patrons  of  the 
schools. 

94.  (408)  Under  Control  of  County  Board  of 
Public  Instruction  ajid  County  Superintendent. — All 
])iihlic  schools  conducted  within  a  special  tax  school 
district  shall  be  under  the  direction  and  control  of 
the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  and  County 
Superintendent  as  in  other  districts,  and  subject  to 
the  same  laws,  rules  and  regulations  prescribed  for 
the  conduct  of  other  schools,  except  that  the  Trus- 
tees shall  have  the  power  to  nominate  to  the  County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction  teachers  for  all  schools 
within  such  special  district;  Provided,  That  no  per- 
son be  nominated  for  teacher  who  does  not  hold  a 
teacher's  certificate  unimpaired  by  suspension,  revo- 
cation or  limitation,  or  that  will  not  remain  in  full 
force  for  the  term  of  school,  and  obtained  in  com- 
])liance  with  the  laws  of  this  State.  The  County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction  shall  have  the  right  to 
reject  any  teacher  nominated,  and  in  case  the  second 
nomination  of  a  teacher  for  any  position  be  not  rati- 
fied, the  said  Board  shall  then  proceed,  on  its  own 
motion,  to  fill  vacancies  in  the  teaching  force  in  any 
school  in  the  special  tax  school  district. 

95.  (409)  Application  of  School  Funds.— The 
Board  of  Trustees  shall  have  the  further  right  to  say 
what  proportion  of  the  school  funds  raised  within 
the  district  shall  be  applied  in  any  year  to  buildings, 
repairs  on  buildings,  to  school  libraries,  to  salaries 
of  teachers  and  to  other  educational  purposes;  Pro- 
vided, That  they  shall  make  a  fair  and  eciuitable  dis- 
tribution of  the  funds  among  all  the  schools  in  the 
s])ecial  tax  school  district,  which  shall  be  shown  in 
their  itemized  estimate. 


46  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

96.  (410)  Duty  of  Trustees  as  to  Money  To  Be 
Raised. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  these  Tl-ustees,  on  or 
before  the  first  day  of  June  in  each  year,  to  prepare 
an  itemized  estimate,  showing  the  amount  of  money 
necessary  likely  to  be  raised  for  the  supplement  of 
the  county  school  funds  appropriated  to  the  district 
for  the  next  ensuing  scholastic  year,  and  to  certify 
therein  the  rate  of  millage  voted  to  be  assessed  and 
collected  upon  the  taxable  property,  within  the  spe- 
cial tax  school  district  for  that  year.  This  estimate 
shall  set  forth  clearly  the  apportionment  of  money 
raised  within  the  district,  prorated  to  each  school 
within  the  district,  stating  the  amount  that  will  be 
applied  to  the  salaries  of  teachers,  buildings,  furni- 
ture, or  for  other  educational  purposes.  It  shall  also 
state  the  number  of  miles  of  railroad  track  and  tele- 
graph lines  within  the  boundaries  of  the  district. 
This  itemized  estimate  shall  be  made  in  triplicate, 
one  copy  to  be  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the  Board 
of  County  Commissioners,  one  copy  with  the  Comp- 
troller of  the  State,  one  copy  with  the  County  Board 
of  Public  Instruction;  Provided,  That  where  there 
are  no  railroads  or  telegraph  lines  in  such  district 
such  itemized  estimate  need  not  be  furnished  to  the 
Comptroller. 

97.     (411)     Duty  of  County  Commissioners. — ^It 

shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Commissioners 
to  order  the  Assessor  to  assess,  and  the  Collector  to 
collect  the  amount  legally  assessed  upon  the  prop- 
erty of  the  special  district,  at  the  rate  of  millage 
designated  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  pay  the 
same  to  the  County  Treasurer.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Comptroller  of  the  State  to  assess  all  railroads 
and  railroad  property,  together  with  telegraph  lines 
and  telegraph  property,  situated  in  such  special  tax 
school  district  and  to  collect  the  taxes  thereon  in 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  47 

the  same  manner  as  required  by  law  to  assess  and 
-collect  said  taxes  for  State  and  county  purposes, 
and  to  remit  the  same  to  the  Treasurers  of  the  coun- 
ties, to  be  by  them  held  to  the  credit  of  each  special 
tax  school  district  fund  and  to  be  paid  out  as  herein- 
after provided. 

98.  (412)  Duty  of  County  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction.— It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Board 
of  Public  Instruction  to  add  the  amount  set  apart 
for  the  salaries  of  teachers  in  each  school  within  the 
special  tax  school  district  to  the  county  appropria- 
tion made  for  that  school,  and  upon  this  determine 
the  salaries  to  be  paid  teachers  and  the  length  of 
the  term  that  the  school  shall  continue,  and  contract 
with  teachers  for  the  full  term  that  said  fund,  aris- 
ing from  both  county  appropriation  and  the  special 
tax  fund,  will  sustain  the  school.  The  part  of  this 
fund  arising  from  the  special  tax  shall  be  paid  to  the 
teachers  upon  the  order  of  the  County  Board,  based 
upon  reports  approved  by  the  Trustees,  the  same  as 
other  school  funds  are  paid  upon  the  endorsement 
of  School  Supervisors.  The  County  Treasurer  shall 
be  liable  for  all  special  tax  school  district  funds 
upon  his  official  bond,  after  receiving  said  funds,  as 
in  the  case  of  other  county  revenues. 

99.  (413)  Special  Tax  Fund.— The  special  tax 
fund  set  apart  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the 
payment  of  teachers  shall  not  be  subject  to  requisi- 
tion for  any  other  purpose  by  said  Trustees;  the 
fund  estimated  for  other  educational  purposes  shall 
be  paid  out  by  warrants  of  the  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction of  the  county  upon  the  Coimty  Treasurer, 
and  said  warrants  to  be  based  upon  requisitions 
made  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  accompanied  by 
itemized  bills  for  things  purchased  or  work  per- 
formed. All  special  funds  collected  within  a  school 


48  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

district  shall  be  disbursed  solely  for  school  purposes 
within  the  district  in  which  the  tax  is  collected,  and, 
as  near  as  practicable,  in  the  year  in  which  the  tax 
is  collected,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees;  Provided,  That  the  Trustees  shall  make 
no  contract  with  any  of  its  members  embracing  any 
monetary  consideration. 

100.  (414)     Trustees  Shall  Be  a  Corporation.— 

The  Trustees  of  any  school  district  shall  be  a  cor- 
poration and  may  hold  jiroperty,  sue  and  be  sued, 
and  perform  other  corporate  functions,  and  pei-form 
the  usual  duties  necessary  to  provide  buildings,  re- 
pair the  same,  and  to  purchase  libraries  and  other 
school  appliances;  Provided,  That  no  debt  shall  be 
created  without  the  approval  of  the  County  Board  of 
Public  Instruction. 

101.  (415)  Non-Resident  Children  May  Attend. 
— Children  residing  outside  of  any  special  tax  school 
district  shall  not  attend  school  in  any  sucli  district 
without  the  consent  of  the  Trustees  thereof,  and  of 
the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction;  Provided, 
That  nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  so  construed  as  to 
prevent  attendance  from  an  adjoining  county,  pro- 
vided the  County  School  Board  of  such  adjoining 
county  shall  pay  a  pro  rata  share  of  such  attendance. 
Such  pro  rata  share  to  be  estimated  by  the  Trustees 
of  such  school  where  such  attendance  is  made;  Pro- 
vided further.  That  pupils  from  other  districts  or 
sub-districts  shall  be  subject  to  same  conditions  as 
pupils  from  other  counties  as  herein  provided  for. 

102.  (416)  Form  of  Ballot.— Each  voter  voting 
at  any  such  election  shall  vote  but  one  ballot,  and 
the  same  shall  be  written  or  printed  in  black  ink, 
on  plain  white  paper,  and  be  substantially  of  the 
follow^ing  form,  according  as  he  may  desire  to  vote 
upon  any,  or  all  of  the  questions  submitted: 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  49 

Fur  (or  against)  Special  Tax  School  District 

For  school  Trustees  (stating  their  names) 


Maximum  tax  lev%' mills 

(Discontinuing  Special  Tax  Districts;  See  Ch.  5389.) 

SUNDKY  PROVISIONS. 

103.  (508)  Poll  Tax.— A  poll  tax  of  one  dollar 
shall  be  levied  upon  each  male  person  over  the  age 
of  twenty-one  years  and  under  the  age  of  fifty-five 
years,  except  such  as  have  lost  a  limb  in  battle, 
wliich  tax  shall  be  paid  into  the  county  school  fund, 
and  shall  be  collected  when  taxes  on  property  are 
collected.  It  shall  be  illegal  for  a  Collector  to  give 
any  receipt  for  taxes  on  any  property  to  persons 
owing  poll  tax  until  the  poll  tax  is  paid,  and  the 
Collector  shall  on  the  first  day  of  each  month  make 
out  a  statement  giving  the  names  of  the  parties  who 
have  paid  their  poll  taxes,  and  present  the  same 
sworn  to  by  said  Collector  to  the  County  Commis- 
sioners at  their  regular  meeting  and  present  the  re- 
ceipt of  the  County  Treasurer  for  the  same. 

104.  (509)  Tax  Collector  to  Furnish  List  of 
Polls  to  School  Board.— It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Tax  Collector  in  each  county  to  file  on  or  before  the 
tenth  day  of  every  month  with  the  County  Board  of 
Public-  Instruction  a  certified  list  of  the  names  of 
all  persons  whose  poll  taxes  were  paid  during  the 
previous  month,  giving  the  year  for  which  pajnuents 
were  made. 

105.  (819)     To  Be  Treasurers  of  School  Funds. 

— The  County  Treasurers  of  the  several  counties  in 

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50  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

this  State  shall  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  consti- 
tuted the  treasurers  of  the  school  funds  in  their 
respective  counties. 

106.  (820)     Fees  of  Treasurer  of  School  Fund. 

—The  Treasurer  of  the  county  school  fund  shall  be 
paid  for  receipts  and  disbursements  of  county  school 
funds  the  same  commissions  allowed  by  law  to  Coun- 
ty Treasurers  for  receipts  and  disbursements  of 
county  funds,  the  said  commissions  to  be  paid  by  the 
County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  from  the  county 
school  fund  upon  vouchers  approved  by  the  County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

107.  (1573)     Persons  Exempt  from  Jury  Duty. 

' — The  following  persons  *****  shall  be 
exempt  from  jury  duty:  *  *  *  *  officers  of 
the  university,  officers  of  colleges,  preceptors  and 
teachers  of  incorporated  academies,  teachers  of  com- 
mon schools     *     *     * 

PENALTIES. 

108.  (3430)  Injuring  Dwelling  Houses,  School 
Houses,  Churches,  Etc. — ^A^hoever  wantonly  and 
maliciously,  or  wantonly  and  without  cause,  de- 
stroys, defaces,  mars  or  injures  any  dwelling  house 
or  any  school  house,  church  or  other  building  erec- 

^  ed  or  used  for  the  purpose  of  education  or  religious 
instruction  or  for  the  general  diffusion  of  knowledge, 
or  any  of  the  outbuildings,  fences,  walls,  or  appur- 
tenances of  such  school  house,  church  or  other  build- 
ing, or  any  furniture,  apparatus  or  other  property 
belonging  to  or  connected  with  such  school  house, 
church  or  other  building,  shall  be  punished  by  im- 
prisonment not  exceeding  one  year,  or  by  fine  not 
exceeding  five  hundred  dollars. 

109.  (3541)     Obscenity    on    School    Buildings, 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  51 

Etc. — Whoever  wilfully  cuts,  paints,  pastes  or  de- 
faces, by  writing  or  in  any  other  manner,  any  school 
building,  furniture,  apparatus,  appliance,  outbuild- 
ing, ground,  fence,  tree,  post  or  other  school  property 
with  obscene  word,  image  or  device  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  fifteen  days, 
or  by  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars.  This 
section  shall  not  apply  to  any  pupil  in  and  subject 
to  the  discipline  of  the  school. 

110.  (3543). Insulting  Teachers  in  Pupils'  Pres- 
ence.— Whoever,  within  the  school  house  or  grounds, 
upbraids  or  insults  any  teacher  in  the  presence  of 
the  pupils  shall  be  punished  by  imprisonment  not 
exceeding  fifteen  days,  or  by  fine  not  exceeding 
twenty-five  dollars.  This  section  shall  not  apply  to 
any  pupil  in  and  subject  to  the  discipline  of  the 
school. 

111.*  (3547)  Disturbing  Schools,  Religious  and 
Other  Assemblies. — ^Whoever  wilfully  interrupts  or 
disturbs  any  school,  or  any  assembly  of  people  met 
for  the  worship  of  God,  or  for  any  other  lawful  pur- 
pose, shall  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  fifty 
dollars,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  sixty  days. 

112.  (3731)  Penalty  for  School  Officers  Dealing 
in  Text  Books. — No  Superintendent  or  School  Board 
of  any  county,  or  any  person  officially  connected 
with  the  government  or  direction  of  the  public 
schools,  or  teacher  thereof,  shall  receive  any  private 
fee,  gratuity,  donation  or  compensation,  in  any  man- 
ner whatsoever,  for  promoting  the  sale  or  the  ex- 
change of  any  school  book,  map  or  chart  in  any  pub- 
lic school,  or  be  an  agent  for  the  sale  or  the  pub- 
lisher of  any  school  text  book,  or  be  directly  or  indi- 
rectly pecuniarily  interested  in  the  introduction  of 
any  such  text  book,  and  any  such  agency  or  interest 
shall  disqualify  any  person  so  acting  or  interested 


52  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

from  holding  any  school  office  whatsoever,  and  the 
party  so  offending  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  ex- 
ceeding fifty  dollars,  or  imprisoned  not  more  than 
thirty  days. 

113.  (3809)  Sale  of  Intoxicating  Liquor  With- 
in Four  Miles  of  School  Houses. — It  shall  be  unlaw- 
ful for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to  sell  or  tip- 
ple, except  in  incorporated  towns  and  cities,  any  in- 
toxicating liquors  of  whatever  character,  within  a 
distance  of  four  miles  of  any  public  or  private  school 
building,  whether  said  school  shall,  be  in  session  or 
not,  or  any  chartered  institution  of  learning,  or  of 
any  church  building  of  whatever  denomination ;  Pro- 
vided, That  this  section  shall  not  be  construed  to 
repeal,  modify  or  in  any  way  change  the  local  option 
law  now  in  force  in  this  State;  Provided,  also,  That 
this  section  shall  not  repeal  any  part  of  the  law  of 
1895,  permitting  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  domestic 
wines;  Provided,  also.  That  this  section  shall  not 
apply  to  nor  affect  the  sale  of  such  liquors  to  guests 
only  by  hotel  proprietors  where  such  hotels  contain 
twenty-five  rooms  or  more,  nor  shall  it  apply  to  or 
affect  social  clubs  duly  incorporated  under  the  laws 
of  this  State,  selling  to  members  only,  if  such  hotels 
and  clubs  have  duly  complied  with  the  general  law 
of  this  State  relating  to  the  sale  of  intoxicating 
liquors;  Provided,  This  shall  not  apply  to  localities 
where  liquors  are  now  sold  within  five  hundred  feet 
of  incorporated  towns,  or  to  saloons  where  existing 
in  towns  of  two  hundred  or  more  inhabitants  where 
such  saloon  is  the  only  one  within  a  distance  of  fifty 
miles.  Whoever  violates  the  provisions  of  this  see 
tion  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  nor 
more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  or  imprisoned  for 
a  period  not  more  than  three  months. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  53 

114.  (3810)  White  Children  and  Negro  Chil- 
dren Are  Not  To  Be  Taught  in  Same  School.— It 
shall  be  a  penal  offense  for  any  individual,  body  of 
individuals,  corporation  or  association  to  conduct 
within  this  State  any  school  of  any  grade,  public, 
private  or  i^arochial,  wherein  white  persons  and 
negroes  shall  be  instructed  or  boarded  within  the 
same  building,  or  taught  in  the  same  class,  or  at  the 
same  time  by  the  same  teachers.  Any  person  or 
persons  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  by 
patronizing  or  teaching  in  such  school  shall  be  fined 
in  a  sum  not  less  than  one  hundred  and  fifly  dol- 
lars, nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  or  im- 
prisoned not  less  than  three  months,  nor  more  than 
six  months  for  every  such  offense. 

115.  (3811)  For  Violation  of  the  Law  To  Se- 
cure Impartiality  and  Fairness  in  the  Examination 
of  Tea>chers. — Any  Superintendent,  County  or  State, 
violating  the  provisions  of  law  relating  to  the  exami- 
nation and  certification  of  teachers,  upon  conviction 
shall  be  fined  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars,  and  shall  be  debarred  from  holding 
any  school  office  in  this  State. 

UNIFORM   SYSTEOVI   OF  SCHOOL  BOOKS. 

Sec.  116.  Uniform  System  of  School  Books. — 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Boards  of  Public 
Instruction  to  put  in  operation  in  the  public  free 
schools  in  their  respective  counties  a  uniform  sys- 
tem of  school  books ;  but,  however,  that  the  adoption 
of  such  a  system  shall  be  gradual  and  not  sooner 
made  than  the  interests  of  the  pupils  and  patrons 
may  dictate;  And,  Provided,  That  the  entire  adop- 
tion shall  be  consummated  by  July  1, 1901. 


54  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Sec.  117.    Selection  of  Books  To  Be  Made  by 
Comity  Boards — Notice  of  Adoption  To  Be  Given 
by  School  Board. — The  selection  of  books  to  consti- 
tute such  uniform  system  in  each  county  shall  be 
made  by  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of 
the  county,  who  before  deciding  upon  any  book  or 
books  shall  consult  with  the  County  Superintendent 
of  Public  Schools  and  at  least  three  leading  teachers 
of  the  county.  Before  any  adoption  shall  be  made  at 
least  sixty  days'  previous  notice  of  the  time  and 
place  such  adoption  will  be  considered  published 
once  a  week  for  three  successive  weeks  in  some 
newspaper  having  a  general  circulation  throughout 
the  county,  or  in  the  absence  of  such  newspaper  to 
be  posted  in  at  least  five  different  and  conspicuous 
places  in  the  county  shall  be  given  by  the  School 
Board;  any  adoption  made  hereum^er  shall  last  at 
least  five  years.  The  County  Superintendent  shall 
see  that  the  books  adopted  are  used  by  the  pupils 
and  the  teachers  shall  not  use  any  other  books  in 
teaching. 

Sec.  118.  Where  Act  Does  Not  Interfere.— Noth- 
ing in  this  act  shall  have  the  effect  to  interfere  with 
vr  impair  any  entire  or  partial  adoption  heretofore 
made  and  now  existing  in  any  county  of  the  State. 


CHAPTEE  5384. 

AN  ACT  to  abolish  the  Florida  Agricultural  College, 
now  officially  designated  as  the  University  of 
Florida,  located  at  Lake  City;  the  West  Florida 
Seminary  now  known  as  the  Florida  State  Col- 
lege, located  at  Tallahassee;  the  White  Normal 
School,  located  at  DeFuniak  Springs;  the  East 
Florida    Seminary,    located    at    Gainesville;  the 


'    SCHOOL  LAWS.  55 

South  Florida  College,  located  at  Bartow;  the 
Florida  Agricultural  Institute,  located  in  Osceola 
County,  and  to  vacate  and  revoke  their  charters, 
powers,  franchises  and  privileges,  and  to  abolish 
their  Boards  of  Trustees,  managers  and  officers; 
to  declare  their  assets  and  property  the  property 
of  the  State  of  Florida,  and  to  vest  the  title  to 
same  in  the  State  Board  of  Education  in  trust  for 
the  purposes  provided  in  this  act,  to  require  the 
conveyance  of  title  and  the  delivery  of  all  prop- 
erty and  assets  of  said  abolished  institutions  to 
the  said  State  Board  of  Education  by  the  Ti'us- 
tees,  Managers  or  other  persons  having  the  title, 
possession,  custody  or  control  of  the  assets  of  said 
institutions;  requiring  an  accounting  and  reports 
therefrom,  including  a  statement  of  all  their  lia- 
bilities and  the  auditing  of  the  same;  providing 
for  the  payment  of  the  indebtedness  of  said  insti- 
tutions; revoking  and  abolishing  all  continuing 
appropriations  made  or  granted  thereto;  for  the 
repeal  of  Sections  278,  279,  280,  281,  282,  283,  284, 
285,  287,  288,  289,  291,  292,  293,  294,  295,  296,  297, 
298  and  299  of  the  Eevised  Statutes  of  Florida, 
relating  to  the  creation  and  establishment  of  the 
Florida  Agricultural  College,  its  organization, 
powers,  rights  and  privileges  and  matters  per- 
taining thereto;  for  the  repeal  of  Sections  301, 
302,  303,  304,  305,  306,  307,  308,  309,  310,  311,  312, 
313,  314,  315,  316,  317,  318,  319,  320,  321,  322,  323, 
325,  326  and  327  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Flor- 
ida relating  to  the  organization,  creation  and 
establishment  of  the  Seminaries  East  and  West 
of  the  Suwannee  River,  their  location,  powers, 
rights,  privileges  and  matters  pertaining  thereto; 
the  repeal  of  Section  268  of  the  Revised  Statutes 
of  Florida  relating  to  the  establishment  of  a 
White  Normal  School  at  DeFuniak  Springs,  and 


56  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

providing  for  the  election  of  a  faculty  therefor: 
the  abolishing  of  the  Normal  and  Industrial  De- 
partment created  in  the  St.  Petersburg  Normal 
and  Industrial  School  located  at  St.  Petersburg, 
and  the  repealing  of  Chapter  4998  of  the  Laws  of 
Florida,  entitled  ''an  act  to  assist  in  the  main- 
taining an  Industrial  and  Normal  Department  in 
the  St.  Petersburg  Normal  and  Industrial  School; 
to  create  scholarships  therein  and  to  make  appro- 
priations therefor,'^  approved  May  31,  1901;  pro- 
viding that  no  further  appropriations  or  State  aid 
shall  be  made  to  the  said  institution,  the  striking 
from  the  name  of  said  institution  of  the  words 
''Normal  and  Industrial,'*  and  the  relinquishing 
to  the  County  of  Hillsborough  of  all  interest  pos- 
sessed by  the  State  in  and  to  the  said  school  or 
its  property  by  reason  of  the  appropriations  made 
and  aid  granted  thereto;  for  the  amendment  of 
Section  269  of  the  Eevised  Statutes  of  the  State 
of  Florida  relating  to  the  establishment  of  a  nor- 
mal school  for  colored  teachers,  and  providing  for 
the  election  of  a  faculty  therefor;  the  establish- 
ment, creation  and  location  of  the  University  of 
the  State  to  be  known  as  the  University  of  the 
State  of  Florida,  and  one  female  Seminary  to  be 
known  as  the  Florida  Female  College,  for  the 
maintenance  and  support  of  same;  providing  for 
the  change  of  location  of  the  Institute  for  the 
Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb  now  located  at  St.  Augus- 
tine, and  its  enlargement,  maintenance  and  sup- 
port; providing  for  the  maintenance,  support  and 
greater  efficiency  of  the  Colored  Normal  School 
located  at  Tallahassee,  and  for  the  change  of 
location  of  the  same  as  may  be  desired;  for  the 
creation  of  a  Board  of  Control  to  manage  and 
control  all  of  said  several  institutions  created  and 
provided  to  be  supported  and  maintained  by  this 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  57 

act,  and  to  provide  for  their  appointment,  terms 
of  office,  manner  of  their  succession,  organization, 
compensation,  modes  and  manner  of  payment  and 
matters  connected  therewith;  granting  unto  said 
Board,  the  control  and  management  of  said  insti- 
tutions and  every  department  thereof,  full  power 
and  authority  to  that  end,  and  for  the  employ- 
ment of  all   instructors,   teachers,   servants   and 
employees;  for  the  purchase  of  all  property,  furni- 
ture, paraphernalia  and  matters  for  said  institu- 
tions and  the  proper  administration  of  the  same, 
and  the  mode  and  manner  by  which  the  expense  of 
their  operation,  support  and  maintenance  shall  be 
provided  and  paid;  making  the  said  Board  and 
its  actions  subject  to  the  control  and  supervision 
of  the  State  Board  of  Education,  and  providing 
for  joint  meetings  of  the  same;  creating  the  said 
Board  of  Control  a  body  corporate  and  prescrib- 
ing its  powers  and  duties;  appropriating  the  as- 
sets and  property  of  such  institution  so  selected 
to  the  location,  establishment,  support  and  main- 
tenance of  the  said  institution  or  institutions  that 
may  be  so  located;  providing  as  to  how  the  said 
funds,  assets  and  property  of  the  abolished  Uni- 
versity of  Florida  shall  be  disposed  of,  including 
the  funds  arising  under  the  Hatch  and  Morrill 
acts,  and  as  to  the  establishment  of  the  Experi- 
ment Station  provided  by  the  United  States;  pro- 
viding for  the  disposition  of  any  endowment  or 
funds  belonging  to  the  said  State  College  and  not 
the  property  of  the  State  of  Florida  in  case  none 
of  said  institutions  created  or  maintained  by  this 
act  shall  be  located  at  Tallahassee,  and  in  case 
one  of  said  institutions  created  by  this  act  shall 
be  located  there,  and  for  any  necessary  accounting 
between  the  City  of  Tallahassee  and  the  State  of 
Florida  in  regard  thereto;  providing  for  the  es- 


58  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

tablisliment  in  the  University  of  the  State  of 
Florida  created  by  this  act  of  an  Agricnltnral, 
Industrial  and  Mechanical  Department  and  Nor- 
mal Department  for  the  Listruction  of  White 
Teachers,  Summer  Schools,  a  classical  and  scien- 
tific department,  and  such  other  departments  of 
higher  education  as  the  said  Boards  shall  deem 
ncessary;  providing  for  the  design  of  education; 
for  the  admission  of  students;  for  scholarships; 
for  rules  and  regulations  in  that  regard,  and  as 
to  grades  of  education,  and  the  powers  of  said 
Boards  in  regard  thereto;  providing  for  the  ap- 
propriation of  the  Seminary  Morrill  and  Hatch 
funds  and  the  interest  thereon  as  required  by  the 
acts  of  Congress  granting  the  same ;  providing  for 
a  settlement  with  the  City  of  Gainesville  and  the 
town  of  Lake  City  in  case  neither  of  the  Institu- 
tions created  or  maintained  by  this  act  shall  be 
located  at  either  of  said  places  and  for  the  refund- 
ing of  donations  made  by  said  places  respectively 
to  the  institutions  formerly  located  thereat  and 
abolished  by  this  act,  in  case  that  none  of  the 
institutions  are  located  by  said  Boards  at  such 
points;  providing  for  the  sale  and  disposal  of  all 
the  assets  by  this  act  not  specifically  appropriated, 
and  for  the  creation  of  a  fund  arising  from  any 
surplus  assets  and  property,  and  the  disposal  of 
the  same;  providing  for  an  appropriation  by  the 
State  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  and  assisting  in 
carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  for 
a  continuing  appropriation  for  the  maintenance 
and  support  of  said  institutions  as  may  be  requi- 
site and  necessary  from  time  to  time;  providing 
for  the  auditing  and  approving  of  all  accounts  in 
the  operation,  enlargement,  maintenance  and  con- 
duct of  the  institutions  provided  for  and  main- 
tained by  this  act,  and  the  modes  and  manner  of 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  59 

their  pf^yment;  providing  as  to  who  shall  keep 
and  have  possession  of  all  funds  provided  for 
under  this  act  and  subsequent  acts  in  relation 
thereto;  as  to  how  the  same  shall  be  paid  out 
and  disposed  of;  providing  for  the  powers  and 
duties  of  the  Board  of  Control  in  relation  to  the 
prescribing  of  examinations  and  the  forms  thereof 
in  the  public  schools  of  this  State  and  as  to  ad- 
mission therefrom  and  from  other  institutions 
of  learning  into  the  said  institutions  created  and 
maintained  by  this  act,  and  the  issuance  of  certifi- 
cates in  regard  to  the  same;  for  the  vesting  in 
the  State  Board  of  Education  of  the  title  to  all 
the  assets  and  property  of  the  Colored  Normal 
School  and  the  Institute  for  the  Blind,  Deaf  and 
Dumb;  requiring  the  abolition  of  such  trustees, 
managers  and  officers  and  the  surrender  of  the 
management,  possession  and  control  of  such  in- 
stitutions and  their  property  to  the  Board  of 
Control — the  vesting  in  said  Board  of  all 
powers  now  provided  by  law  and  this  act  in  regard 
thereto;  the  duties  of  the  State  Treasurer,  Comp- 
troller, Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 
State  Board  of  Education  and  Board  of  Control 
in  regard  to  said  institutions;  to  provide  for  a 
Normal  Department  and  Summer  School  for 
white  teachers  in  the  Florida  Female  College  and 
a  Summer  School  for  colored  teachers  in  the  col- 
ored normal  school — whenever  necessary,  and  to 
repeal  all  laws  in  conflict  with  the  provisions  of 
this  act. 

Be  it  Enacted  hy  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida : 

Section  1.  Institutions  Abolished.— That  the  sev- 
eral and  respective  institutions  of  leaniing  and  edu- 
cation heretofore  created,  chartered,  fostered  and 
maintained  by  this  State,  to  wit: 


60  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

The  Florida  Agricultural  College,  now  officially 
designated  and  known  as  the  ^ '  LTniversity  of  Flori- 
da/' located  at  Lake  City. 

The  West  Florida  Seminary,  now  designated  and 
known  as  ''The  Florida  State  College,"  located  at 
Tallahassee. 

The  White  Normal  School,  located  at  DeFuniak 
Springs. 

The  East  Florida  Seminary,  located  at  Gaines- 
ville. 

The  South  Florida  College,  located  at  Bartow; 
and 

The  Florida  Agricultural  Institute,  located  in 
Osceola  County,  be,  and  each  and  every  of  them 
are  hereby  abolished  and  their  and  each  and  every 
of  their  charters,  franchises,  powers,  rights  and  priv- 
ileges granted  to  or  possessed  by  them  respectively 
are  hereby  revoked,  vacated  and  abolished. 

Sec.  2.  Property  Vested  in  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation.— That  all  and  singular  all  the  lands,  tene- 
ments and  hereditaments,  estate  and  property,  real, 
personal  and  mixed,  including  all  bonds,  funds 
moneys  and  investments,  and  the  rents,  issues  and 
profits,  thereof,  had,  held  or  possessed  by  the  said 
institutions  named  in  Section  1  of  this  Act,  or  any 
of  them,  or  to  which  said  institutions  or  any  of 
them  might  or  could  have,  claim,  or  be  in  any 
way  or  manner  entitled  to  either  in  esse  or  in  futuro 
and  from  any  source  whatsoever,  be  and  the  same 
are  hereby  declared  forfeit  and  to  revert  to  the  State 
of  Florida,  and  upon  the  passage  and  approval  of 
this  act,  to  vest  absolutely  in  the  State  Board  of  Ed- 
ucation in  fee  simple  absolute,  in  trust,  nevertheless, 
for  the  uses  and  purposes  hereinafter  provided  for 
herein. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  61 

Sec.  3.  Reports,  Inventories,  Indebtedness, 
Schedules  and  Vouchers  of  Abolished  Institu- 
tions.— That  immediately  upon  the  passage  of  this 
act,  the  several  and  respective  trustees,  managers 
and  officers  of  the  said  several  and  respective  insti- 
tutions mentioned  in  Section  1  of  this  act,  shall  pre- 
pare and  make  up  duplicate  accounts  and  invento- 
ries of  all  the  property,  real,  personal  and  mixed, 
owned,  possessed,  claimed  or  controlled  by  said  re- 
spective institutions  or  said  officers,  managers  or 
trustees  for  and  on  their  behalf  showing  in  detail 
every  item  of  asset  or  liability  of  the  said  institu- 
tions respectively,  and  if  any  of  said  institutions 
shall  be  indebted  to  any  person  or  persons,  said 
report  shall  show  in  detail  a  true  and  correct  state- 
ment of  said  accounts  and  indebtedness,  as  to  when 
created,  for  w^hat,  to  whom  due  and  the  amount 
thereof,  and  shall  also  prepare  and  deliver  with  said 
report  duplicate  vouchers  for  the  payment  of  each 
separate  indebtedness  duly  and  properly  certified 
^nd  approved  by  the  proper  officials,  which  said 
reports,  inventories,  schedules  and  vouchers  from 
each  of  the  said  institutions  shall  be  made  in  dupli- 
cate, and  each  of  which  shall  be  certified  to  by 
the  President  or  Chairman  of  the  respective  Boards 
of  Trustees  or  managers  and  sworn  to  by  the  Sec- 
retar>'  thereof  and  under  the  seal  of  the  respective 
institutions,  if  it  or  they  be  provided  with  a  seal, 
one  of  which  duplicate  shall  be  transmitted  to  and 
filed  in  the  office  of  the  Comptroller  and  the  other 
shall  be  transmitted  to  the  Governor  as  President  of 
the  State  Board  of  Education  and  the  said  respective 
institutions  through  their  trustees,  managers  or  oth- 
er officers  or  whosoever  shall  be  vested  with  the  title 
to  or  possessed  of  the  respective  assets  and  property 
or  any  part  or  portion  thereof,  shall  at  once,  by 
proper  instruments  of  writing,  duly  executed  and 


62  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

acknowledged,  grant  and  convey,  assign,  transfer, 
set  over  and  deliver  unto  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion all  the  assets  and  property,  real,  personal  and 
mixed  of  whatsoever  nature  and  kind,  had,  held, 
claimed,  owned  or  possessed  by  said  institutions  and 
each  and  every  of  them  respectively,  including  all 
of  the  books,  papers,  vouchers  and  records  kept 
or  possessed  by  them  and  each  and  every  of  them. 

Sec.    4.    Continuing  Appropriations  Revoked. — 

That  all  continuing  appropriations  heretofore  made 
to  said  institutions  mentioned  in  Section  1  of  this 
act,  or  any  of  them,  are  hereby  revoked. 

Sec.  5.  State  Auditor  to  Audit  Accounts  of  Abol- 
ished Institutions. — That  the  State  Auditor  shall,  as 
soon  as  practicable  after  such  inventories,  schedules, 
accounts  and  vouchers  have  been  filed  with  the  Gov- 
ernor and  Comptroller  and  the  said  books,  papers, 
property  and  assets  be  transferred  to  the  said  State 
Board  of  Education,  audit  all  accounts  of  said  insti- 
tutions and  each  and  every  of  them  for  at  least 
one  year  prior  to  the  passage  of  this  act,  and  shall 
check  over  and  verify  all  said  lists  and  inventories, 
examine  into  the  auditing  and  approval  of  all 
claims  and  vouchers  certified  against  said  institu- 
tions for  payment,  and  make  his  report  thereon  in 
duplicate,  one  of  which  shall  be  transmitted  to  the 
Comptroller  for  filing  in  his  office,  and  the  other 
shall  be  transmitted  to  the  Governor  as  President  of 
the  State  Board  of  Education. 

Sec.  6.  Boards  of  Trustees  Abolished. — ^That  all 
Boards  of  Trustees,  managers  and  officers  of  the 
several  institutions  mentioned  in  Section  1  of  this 
Act,  and  the  Boards  of  Trustees,  officers  and  man- 
agers of  the  Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb  Institute  and  of 
the  Colored  Normal  School  be  and  the  same  are 
herebv  abolished. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  63 

Sec.  7.  Sections  of  R.  S.  Relative  to  Fla.  Ag.  Coll. 
Repealed.— That  Sections  278,  279,  280,  281,  282,  283, 
284,  285,  287,  288,  289,  291,  292,  293,  294,  295,  296, 
297,  298  and  299  of  tlie  Eevised  Statutes  relating  to 
the  creation  and  establishment  of  the  Florida  Agri- 
cultural College,  its  organization,  powers,  rights  and 
privileges  and  matters  pertaining  thereto,  be  and 
the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  8.  Sections  of  R.  S.  Relative  to  Seminaries 

Repealed.— That  Sections  301,  302,  303,  304,  305, 
306,  307,  308,  309,  310,  311,  312,  313,  314,  315,  316, 
317,  318,  319,  320,  321,  322,  323,  325,  326  and  327 
of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Florida  relating  to  the 
organization,  creation  and  establishment  of  the  sem- 
inaries east  and  west  of  the  Suwannee  river,  their 
location,  rights,  powers,  privileges  and  matters  per- 
taining thereto,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  9.  Sections  of  R.  S.  Relative  to  White  Nor- 
mal Repealed. — That  Section  268  of  the  Revised 
Statutes  of  the  State  of  Florida  in  relation  to  the 
establishment  of  a  White  Normal  School  at  DeFu- 
niak  Springs,  and  providing  for  the  election  of  a 
faculty  therefor,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  10.  St.  Petersburg  Normal  and  Industrial 
School. — That  the  industrial  and  normal  department 
created  in  the  St.  Petersburg  Normal  and  Industrial 
School,  located  at  St.  Petersburg,  is  hereby  abol- 
ished, and  Chapter  4998,  of  the  Laws  of  Florida, 
entitled  **An  Act  to  assist  in  maintaining  an  Indus- 
trial and  Normal  Department  in  the  St.  Petersburg 
White  Normal  and  Industrial  School;  to  create 
scholarships  therein  and  to  make  appropriations 
therefor,*'  approved  May  31,  1901,  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  repealed.  That  no  further  appropriations 
shall  be  made  or  State  aid  granted  to  said  institu- 
tion; that  the  words  ^* Normal  and  Industrial"  shall 


64  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

be  stricken  from  the  name  thereof,  and  that  all  right, 
title  and  interest  in  the  said  school,  its  buildings  or 
property  had,  acquired  or  possessed  by  the  State  by 
reason  of  appropriations  heretofore  made  to  it  are 
hereby  granted  and  released  unto  the  County  of 
Hillsborough,  in  which  said  school  is  situate. 

Sec.  11.  Colored  Normal  School. — That  Section 
269  of  the  Eevised  Statutes  of  the  State  of  Florida 
relating  to  the  establishment  of  a  Normal  School  for 
colored  teachers  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended 
so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Sec.  269.  Colored  Normal  School. — A  Normal 
School  for  the  training  and  instruction  of  colored 
teachers  is  established  under  the  supervision  and 
control  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  and  the 
Board  of  Control  hereinafter  provided.  The  Board 
of  Control  shall  elect  a  faculty  to  consist  of  a  prin- 
cipal and  two  assistant  instructors  who  shall  have 
in  charge  the  training  and  instruction  of  all  stu- 
dents, subject  at  all  times  to  the  approval  of  and 
under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the  Board  of 
Control  hereinafter  created  shall  prescribe,  and  such 
Board,  under  rules  and  regulations  hereinafter  to 
be  made,  shall  have  the  power  of  removal  of  all  or 
any  of  the  faculty,  may  increase  or  diminish  the 
same,  and  may  add  such  other  departments  of  in- 
struction and  education  to  such  institution  from 
time  to  time  as  may  be  deemed  advisable.  The 
Colored  Normal  School  now  established  at  Talla- 
hassee shall  be  such  school,  and  the  faculty  remain 
as  now  until  changed  by  said  Board,  but  the  State 
Board  of  Education  shall  have  power  to  change  the 
location  of  same  at  any  time  it  may  deem  it  of 
benefit  or  advantage  to  such  institution  or  the  pur- 
poses for  which  it  was  created,  and  that  one-half  of 
the  Morrill  fund  coming  or  that  may  come  to  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 

State  for  the  puiposes  provided  irf 
apart  and  appropriated  to  the  suppo 
nar.ce  of  said  school. 

Sec.  12.  University  and  Female  College  Created. 
— That  there  shall  be  established,  and  there  is  here- 
by created  the  following  institutions  of  higher  edu- 
cation in  this  State,  to  wit:  One  University  to  be 
known  as  the  University  of  the  State  of  Florida, 
and  one  Female  Seminary  to  be  known  as  The  Flori- 
da Female  College. 

Sec.  13.  Board  of  Control — Appointment  ajid 
Terms. — That  there  is  hereby  created  a  Board  of 
Control  which  shall  consist  of  five  citizens  of  this 
State,  one  from  East  Florida,  one  from  South  Flor- 
ida., one  from  West  Florida,  one  from  Middle  Flori- 
da, and  one  from  Middle  South  Florida,  who  shall 
have  been  residents  and  citizens  thereof  for  a  period 
of  at  least  ten  years  prior  to  their  appointment, 
who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Governor,  and  their 
terms  of  office  shall  be  for  four  years,  and  until 
their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified,  ex- 
cept that  of  the  first  board  appointed  under  this 
act  two  members  thereof  shall  be  appointed  for  the 
term  of  two  years,  and  three  members  thereof  shall 
be  appointed  for  the  term  of  four  years,  and  there- 
after every  such  appointment  shall  be  for  the  term 
of  four  years,  except  in  case  of  an  appointment  to 
fill  a  vacancy,  in  which  case  the  appointment  shall 
be  for  the  unexpired  term.  The  Governor  shall  have 
power  to  remove  any  member  of  such  Board  for 
cause,  and  shall  fill  all  vacancies  that  may  at  any 
time  occur  therein.  No  member  of  said  first  Board 
shall  be  appointed  from  any  county  in  which  any  of 
the  institutions  named  in  this  act  are  at  present 
located,  and  no  appointment  upon  such  Board  shall 

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66  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

ever  be  made  from  any  county  in  which  any  institu- 
tion created,  established  or  maintained  by  this  act 
is  or  may  thereafter  be  located  or  situate. 

Sec.  14.  Board  of  Control — Organization  and  Ex- 
penses.— That  immediately  upon  the  passage  of  this 
act  the  Governor  shall  select  five  of  the  most  capa- 
ble and  efficient  citizens  having  the  qualifications 
prescribed  herein,  and  appoint  the  same  as  herein 
provided,  to  constitute  such  Board  of  Control,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  immediately,  after  such  appoint- 
ment, assemble  at  the  Capitol  and  there  organize 
by  selecting  one  of  their  number  as  chairman.  The 
chairman  shall  be  elected  from  the  long  term  mem- 
bers, and  the  chairmanship  shall  exist  during  his 
term  of  office.  The  Board  shall  elect  a  ciiairman 
as  often  as  that  office  shall  become  vacant.  The 
members  of  said  Board  shall  be  paid  only  their  ac- 
tual expenses  while  in  the  performance  of  their 
duties,  and  in  traveling  to,  from,  or  upon  the  same 
the  accounts  for  which  shall  be  paid  quarterly  by 
the  State  Treasurer  upon  itemized  vouchers  duly 
approved  by  the  chairman  of  said  Board  and  the 
Comptroller  as  is  herein  provided  for  the  disburse- 
ment of  funds. 

Sec.  15.  Board  of  Control — Under  Supervision  of 
State  Board  of  Education. — Said  Board  of  Control, 
except  as  herein  provided,  shall  act  in  conjunction 
with,  but  at  all  times  u;nder  and  subject  to  the  con- 
trol and  supervision  of  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion. 

Sec.  16.  First  Joint  Meeting  of  Boards,  Location 
of  New  Institutions. — As  soon  as  practicable  after 
the  appointment  and  organization  of  the  Board  of 
Control,  the  Governor,  as  President  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education,  shall  cause  a  meeting  of  both 
©f  said  boards  to  be  held  in  joint  session  at  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  67 

Capitol,  aud  at  said  meeting  shall  determine  the 
place  of  location  of  the  University  of  the  State  of 
Florida  and  of  The  Florida  Female  College  hereby 
created  and  established,  and  prescribe  the  general 
2*1] les  and  regulations  for  the  conduct  and  govern- 
uance  of  the  same  and  the  proper  management  there- 
of, as  well  as  of  the  other  institutions,  to  wit:  The 
Colored  Normal  School  and  The  Institute  for  the 
Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb  heretofore  created,  and  de- 
l  ermine  as  to  any  change  in  location  of  either  of 
said  last  mentioned  institutions  that  may  be  neces- 
sary or  required,  and  shall  do  every  other  matter 
or  Ihing  at  that  or  some  subsequent  meeting  as  shall 
be  necessary  and  requisite  to  fully  carry  into  effect 
the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  17.  Location  of  New  Institutions. — In  deter- 
miiiing  the  location  of  the  University  of  the  State 
of  Florida  created  and  established  by  this  act,  the 
said  boards  in  joint  meeting  assembled  shall  take 
into  consideration  the  lands,  property,  buildings  and 
situation  of  the  respective  institutions  named  in  and 
abolished  by  this  act,  having  regard  to  the  perma- 
nent location  of  such  an  institution  at  some  central 
point  in  the  State,  both  geographically  and  as  to 
population,  as  well  as  to  the  needs  and  requirements 
of  the  same  as  prescribed  in  this  act  and  the  powers 
g»^en  thereunder,  and  the  funds  and  means  at  their 
command,  or  which  may  naturally  come  to  the  con- 
trol of  the  State  Board  of  Education  for  such  pur- 
poses, and  may,  if  advisable,  after  careful  considera- 
tion, appropriate  either  temporarily  or  permanently, 
the  location,  lands,  buildings,  property  and  effects 
of  any  one  of  said  vacated  and  abolished  institu- 
tions for  such  purpose.  Said  Boards  being  hereby 
vested  with  an  absolute  discretion  and  power  in 
the  matter  of  location  and  situs  of  this  said  institu- 
tion. That  in  the  location  of  The  Florida  Female 


68  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

College  hereby  created,  said  Boards  are  hereby  au- 
thorized and  empowered  to  locate  and  fix  the  same 
(after  they  shall  have  located  the  said  University) 
at  one  of  the  places  occupied  by  any  one  of  the 
said   abolished  institutions  under    this    act,    hav- 
ing especial  regard  for  the  character  and  condi- 
tion   of    the    grounds,    buildings    and    structures 
thereon    of    such    abolished    institution    as    they 
may  select;  its  location  as  to  health  and  accessibility, 
and  its  adaptability  to  the  particular  needs  of  such 
an  institution.  Said  Boards  are  hereby  further  au- 
thorized,  directed   and   empowered  to   change  the 
location  of  the  Institute  for  the  Blind,  Deaf  and 
Dumb  heretofore  created  if  they  shall  deem  such 
changes  of  location  wise  and  expedient,  and  after 
they  have  selected  and  located  the  said  University  of 
the  State  of  Florida,  and  the  said  Florida  Female 
College;  in  case  they  shall  determine  to  change  the 
location  of  the  Listitute  for  the  Blind,  Deaf  and 
Dumb  they  shall  change  the  same  to  and  locate  the 
same  at  one  of  the  places  now  occupied  by  some  one 
of  the  said  abolished  institutions  which  they  shall 
select  for  such  purpose  not  already  selected  by  them 
for  the  purposes  herein  provided,  having  due  regard 
for  the  necessity  and  requirements  of  the  same,  its 
situation  and  accessibility  and  its  adaptability  to  the 
purposes  of  such  institution,  and  in  selecting  said 
location  shall  have  due  regard  and  make  provisions 
for  the  complete  separation,  but  with  equal  consist- 
ent accommodation  and  within  reach  and  under  the 
control  of  the  same  corps  of  officers,  teachers  and 
managers,  of  the  white  and  colored  inmates  of  the 
same  so  that  there  will  be  no  admixture  or  associa- 
tion of  the  races.     That  upon  the  selection  of  any 
of  the  locations,  lands,  buildings  or  structures  by 
the  said  Boards  of  any  of  the  said  abolished  insti- 
tutions for  the  location  of  the  said  University  of 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  69 

the  State  of  Florida,  Florida  Female  College  or 
the  Institute  for  the  Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb,  such 
lands,  buildings,  structures,  property  and  assets  of 
such  abolished  institutions,  or  so  much  thereof  as 
may  be  necessary,  so  selected  for  said  respective 
University,  Female  College  or  Institute,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  appropriated  and  set  apart  to  and 
for  the  use  of  such  respective  institutions. 

Sec.  18.  Disposition  of  Assets  of  Abolished  Insti- 
tutions.— That  the  property  and  assets  of  each  and 
every  of  the  said  institutions  abolished  by  this  act 
which  shall  not  be  selected  by  the  said  Boards  as 
a  location  for  the  said  University,  College  or  Insti- 
tute, shall  be  sold  or  otherwise  disposed  of  as  in 
the  judgment  of  the  said  State  Board  of  Education 
shall  be  deemed  best,  as  herein  provided,  and  the 
proceeds  thereof  shall  be  applied  to  the  establish- 
ment, support  and  maintenance  of  the  said  Univer- 
sity, College  and  Institute,  and  support  and  main- 
tenance of  the  Colored  Normal  School;  Provided, 
That  if  the  said  Boards,  in  their  discretion,  shall 
select  some  place  or  places  other  than  Lake  City,  in 
the  County  of  Columbia,  Tallahassee,  in  the  County 
of  Leon,  or  Gainesville,  in  the  County  of  Alachua, 
for  the  location  of  the  said  University,  College,  or 
Institute,  then  in  such  case  the  said  Boards  shall 
have  an  accounting  with  the  City  of  Tallahassee,  if 
the  said  abolished  institution  at  Tallahassee  is  not 
selected  for  one  of  the  said  institutions,  and  if  it 
shall  appear  that  said  abolished  institution  at  Tal- 
lahassee shall  be  possessed  of  any  property  funds  or 
endowments  belonging  thereto  and  not  the  property 
of  the  State  and  the  said  City  of  Tallahassee  has 
paid  to  the  State  or  said  institution  the  two  thou- 
sand dollars  per  annum  provided  to  be  paid  in 
and  by  Section  325  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the 
State  of  Florida,  that  in  such  case  the  said  State 


70  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Board  of  Education  shall  refund  to  the  said  City  of 
Tallahassee  such  proportion  of  said  moneys,  funds 
or  endowments  belonging  to  the  said  abolished  insti- 
tution and  not  the  property  of  the  State,  or  if  it 
shall  be  found  on  said  accounting  that  the  said  City 
of  Tallahassee  has  not  made  the  payments  required 
by  the  said  Section  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the 
State  of  Florida,  then  the  said  State  Board  shall 
refund  so  much  of  said  funds  or  property  of  said 
abolished  institution  coming  to  said  Board  as  the 
assets  of  the  said  abolished  institution,  less  the 
amount  due  or  owing  by  said  city  under  the  pro- 
visions of  said  section.  And  in  case  the  said  city 
of  Gainesville  shall  not  be  selected  by  said  Boards 
as  one  of  the  places  for  the  location  of  one  of  said 
institutions,  then  the  said  Board  of  Education  shall 
refund  to  the  said  City  of  Gainesville  out  of  the 
assets  and  property  pf  the  abolished  institution 
located  at  such  place,  so  much  of  the  lands  and 
property  of  the  same,  or  its  equivalent  at  its  then 
value,  as  was  donated  to  the  said  State  by  the  said 
City  of  Gainesville;  and  if  the  said  Boards  shall  not 
select  the  abolished  institution  located  at  Lake  City 
as  one  of  the  places  for  the  location  for  one  of 
the  said  institutions,  then  the  said  State  Board  of 
Education,  out  of  the  assets  and  property  coming  to 
it  from  the  said  abolished  institution  at  that  place, 
shall  refund  to  the  said  City  of  Lake  City  the  fifteen 
thousand  dollars  and  the  one  hundred  acres  of  land 
donated  by  Lake  City  to  the  said  institution  upon 
its  establishment  at  that  place,  and  in  case  the  In- 
stitute for  the  Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb  is  removed 
from  its  present  location  then  its  assets  and  prop- 
erty shall  be  used  or  the  proceeds  thereof  for  its  re- 
location, establishment  and  maintenance  with  such 
other  funds  as  may  be  required;  Provided,  That  of 
the  buildings,  property  or  assets  of  any  abolished 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  71 

institution  which  may  not  be  used,  appropriated  or 
otherwise  disposed  of  under  this  act,  the  State  Board 
of  Education  and  State  Board  of  Control,  in  joint 
session,  may,  in  their  discretion,  if  they  shall  deem 
the  same  advisable  and  for  the  best  interests  of  the 
State,  set  apart  and  appropriate  the  same  or  any 
portion  thereof  to  the  county  or  counties  in  which 
the  same  may  be  located  for  the  purposes  of  Public 
High  Schools  in  such  county  or  counties  under  such 
restrictions  and  terms,  or  for  such  time  as  they  may 
deem  proper  and  just. 

Sec.  19.  Board  of  Control — To  Manage  and  Con- 
duct Schools. — The  Board  of  Control  shall  have 
jurisdiction  over  and  complete  management  and  con- 
trol of  all  the  said  several  institutions  and  each  and 
every  of  them,  to  wit:  The  University  of  the  State 
of  Florida,  The  Florida  Female  College,  the  Colored 
Normal  School,  and  The  Institution  for  the  Blind, 
Deaf  and  Dumb,  and  is  hereby  invested  with  full 
power  and  authority  to  make  all  rules  and  regula- 
tions necessary  for  their  governance  not  inconsist- 
ent with  the  general  rules  and  regulations  made  or 
which  may  be  made  at  any  joint  meeting  of  the 
said  Board  with  the  State  Board  of  Education.  To 
appoint  all  the  managers,  faculty,  teachers,  servants 
and  employees,  and  to  remove  the  same  as  in  their 
judgmejit  and  discretion  may  be  best;  fix  their  com- 
pensation and  provide  for  their  payment.  To  have 
full  management,  possession  and  control  of  each 
and  every  of  the  said  institutions  and  every  depart- 
ment thereof,  and  the  lands,  buildings,  structures 
and  property  belonging  thereto.  To  provide  for  the 
course  of  instructions  and  the  different  branches  and 
grades  to  be  kept  and  maintained  thereat,  and  to 
alter  and  change  the  same.  To  visit  and  inspect 
the  said  institutions  and  each  and  every  department, 
and  to  provide  for  the  proper  keeping  of  accounts, 


72  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

registers  and  records  thereof.  To  make  and  prepare 
all  necessary  budgets  of  expeditures  for  the  enlarge- 
ment, proper  furnishing,  maintenance,  support  and 
conduct  the  same.  To  audit  and  approve  all  the 
accounts  and  expenditures,  supervise  the  employ- 
ment and  removal  of  all  teachers  and  instructors; 
select  and  purchase  all  property,  furniture,  fixtures, 
paraphernalia  necessary  for  the  same  from  time  to 
time;  to  build,  construct,  change,  enlarge,  repair  and 
maintain  any  and  all  the  buildings  or  structures  now 
in  existence,  or  that  may  hereafter  be  necessary  for 
each  and  every  of  said  institutions  created  and  main- 
tained by  this  act ;  to  purchase  and  acquire  all  lands 
and  property  necessary  for  same  of  every  nature  and 
description  whatsoever;  and  to  care  for  and  main- 
tain the  same,  and  to  do  and  perform  every  other 
matter  or  thing  requisite  to  the  proper  management, 
maintenance,  support  and  control  of  each  and  every 
of  the  said  institutions  necessary  or  requisite  to 
carry  out  fully  the  purposes  of  this  act,  and  for  rais- 
ing to  and  maintaining  them  at  the  proper  efficiency 
and  standard  as  required  in  and  by  the  provisions 
of  this  act,  but  at  all  times  subject  to  the  supervision 
and  control  of  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

Sec.  20.  Institute  for  Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb — 
Management  Of.— That  Section  270  of  the  Revised 
Statutes  of  the  State  of  Florida  be  and  the  same  is 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  270.  Board  of  Maoiagers.— That  the  State 
Board  of  Education  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  vested 
with  the  title  to  all  the  assets  and  property  of  the 
Listitute  for  the  Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb  that  it  is 
now  or  may  hereafter  become  entitled  to,  but  the 
control,  possession  and  management  thereof  and  of 
the  said  Institute  and  each  and  every  department 
thereof  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  vested  in  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  73 

Board  of  Control  according  to  the  terms  and  pro- 
visions of  this  act  except  as  may  be  herein  otherwise 
provided. 

That  Section  271  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the 
State  of  Florida  providing  for  the  present  location 
of  the  said  Institute  for  the  Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb 
at  St.  Augustine  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

That  the  powers  provided  for  in  Sections  275  and 
276  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  State  of  Florida 
vesting  the  same  in  the  said  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion as  Trustees  of  the  Institute  for  the  Blind,  Deaf 
and  Dumb  are  hereby  vested  in  the  Board  of  Control 
as  provided  in  this  act,  and  so  much  of  said  sec- 
tions as  vests  in  the  State  Board  of  Education  the 
management  and  control  of  the  said  Institute  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Tliat  Section  277  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the 
State  of  Florida  providing  for  report  of  the  Board 
of  Managers  of  the  Institute  for  the  Blind,  Deaf 
and  Dumb,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

That  the  Board  of  Control  provided  in  this  act 
shall  have  all  the  powers  and  duties  in  regard  to 
the  management  and  control  of  the  Institute  for 
the  Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb  located  in  this  State  as  is 
provided  for  in  Chapter  3,  Part  One,  Title  Five,  of 
the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  State  of  Florida  and 
Chapter  5209  of  the  Laws  of  Florida,  the  same 
being  an  act  entitled  an  act  to  provide  for  the  edu- 
cation and  industrial  training  of  the  blind,  deaf  and 
dumb  of  the  State  of  Florida,  approved  June  4, 1903. 

That  the  Trustees  created  and  appointed  by  said 
last  mentioned  act  are  hereby  abolished,  and  that 
wherever  the  words  *  *  Board  of  Trustees ' '  appear  in 
said  act  they  be  stricken  out,  and  whatever  powers 
and  duties  in  and  by  the  said  act  are  given  to  such 
Board  of  Trustees  that  such  powers  and  duties  are 


74  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

hereby  vested  in  and  shall  be  exercised  by  the  said 
Board  of  Control.  That  said  Trustees  and  all  per- 
sons or  officers  vested  with  title  or  possession  to  any 
of  its  property  do  immediately  convey  the  same  to 
the  State  Board  of  Education.  That  Section  2  of 
said  act,  the  same  being  an  act  entitled  an  act  to  pro- 
vide for  the  education  and  industrial  training  of  the 
Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb  of  the  State  of  Florida,  be 
and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.    21.    State    University — Departments    Of. — 

The  University  of  the  State  of  Florida  shall  have  and 
contain  the  following  departments  and  such  other 
departments  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  determined 
upon  and  added  at  any  joint  meeting  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education  with  the  said  Board  of  Control, 
to  wit: 

A  Department  of  Agriculture,  Mechanical  and  In- 
dustrial Arts ; 

A  Scientific  and  Classical  Department; 

A  Normal  Department  for  the  training  and  in- 
struction of  white  teachers.  It  being  intended  that 
the  design  and  scope  of  this  institute  shall  be  to 
teach  such  branches  of  learning  as  are  related  to  Ag- 
riculture and  the  Mechanical  and  Industrial  Arts, 
Scientific  and  Classical  studies  and  instructions  in 
all  the  various  higher  branches  of  education;  the 
fundam.ental  laws  and  in  what  regards  the  rights 
and  duties  of  citizens,  and  shall  include  military 
tactics  if  the  said  joint  Boards  deem  the  same  requi- 
site and  proper. 

That  all  Summer  Schools  now  or  that  may  be  here- 
after provided  for  shall  be  taught,  had  and  held  in 
and  at  the  University  of  the  State  of  Florida,  and 
the  Board  of  Control  shall  make  such  necessary  pro- 
visions therefor  as  shall  be  requisite  and  necessary; 
Provided,  That  whenever  a  normal  department  shall 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  75 

be  established  at  the  Female  College  a  branch  of 
such  summer  school  may  be  there  located  if  deemed 
advisable,  and  the  Boards  may  establish  summer 
schools  for  colored  teachers  at  the  colored  normal 
school  whenever  it  shall  deem  the  same  necessary. 

Sec.  22.  Female  College — Admission  to  and  Scope 
of  Instruction. — The  design  of  the  Florida  Female 
College  shall  be  to  teach  and  instruct  in  all  the  high- 
er branches  of  education,  and  in  all  the  useful  arts 
and  sciences  that  may  be  necessary  or  appropriate 
to  be  taught  in  like  institutions,  and  as  may  be 
deemed  requisite  and  necessary  from  time  to  time 
by  the  joint  Boards  herein  provided  for  its  gov- 
ernance and  control. 

None  but  female  white  students  shall  be  admitted 
to  this  institution,  and  no  student  shall  be  admitted 
therein  unless  and  until  she  shall  have  passed  a  sat- 
isfactory examination  in  some  high  school  of  this  or 
some  other  State  having  a  like  standing  and  through 
or  beyond  the  tenth  grade  as  now  established  for 
the  high  schools  in  this  State,  or  such  other  grade 
not  lower  than  the  tenth  grade  as  may  be  hereafter 
established,  and  no  student  from  any  other  State 
shall  be  admitted  to  such  institution,  except  by  the 
consent  and  upon  the  certificate  of  the  State  Board 
of  Control. 

That  the  State  Board  of  Education  jointly  with 
the  Board  of  Control  is  hereby  authorized  and  em- 
powered at  any  time  it  may  deem  the  same  requisite 
or  necessary,  to  establish  and  maintain  a  Normal 
Department  for  the  instruction  of  white  female 
teachers  in  the  Florida  Female  College,  and  when 
established  the  same  shall  be  under  the  charge  and 
control  of  the  State  Board  of  Control,  with  all  the 
powers  and  duties  in  relation  thereto  as  provided 
herein,  and  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  it 
shall  prescribe. 


76  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Sec.    23.    State  University — Admission  To. — No 

student  shall  be  admitted  to  the  University  of  the 
State  of  Florida  who  has  not  passed  a  satisfactory 
examination  at  some  high  school  and  through  the 
twelfth  grade  as  now  established,  or  some  other 
institution  of  learning  having  an  equivalent  of  in- 
struction to  the  twelfth  grade.  The  State  Board  of 
Control  may  change  the  grade  at  any  time  they  may 
see  fit  as  a  prerequisite  to  such  entrance.  No  per- 
son shall  be  admitted  to  said  University  except  white 
male  students  having  the  prerequisite  qualifications 
to  which  the  said  Board  of  Control  may  add  others 
in  their  judgment  and  discretion,  except  to  the  Nor- 
mal Department  thereof  for  the  instruction  and  edu- 
cation of  teachers;  when  both  male  and  female  stu- 
dents may  be  admitted  to  that  department. 

Sec.  24.  Board,  Tuition  Fees,  Etc.,  County  Schol- 
arships.— In  case  of  the  admission  of  students  to 
either  the  said  University  or  College  from  other 
States,  the  same  may  be  admitted  by  and  with  the 
consent  and  upon  the  certificate  of  the  Board  of 
Control  upon  such  terms  as  to  tuition,  board,  etc., 
as  the  said  Board  may,  from  time  to  time,  establish. 

The  several  departments  of  the  said  College  and 
of  the  said  University  shall  be  open  to  applicants  for 
admission  who  are  citizens  of  this  State  at  the  lowest 
rate  and  expense  consistent  with  the  welfare  and 
efficiency  of  the  respective  institutions,  and  as  may 
be  established  from  time  to  time  by  the  said. Board, 
Each  county  shall  have  the  right  to  send  one  student 
annually,  or  so  often  as  vacancies  may  occur  to  each 
of  the  said  institutions  and  normal  department,  such 
students  to  be  selected  by  the  Boards  of  Public  In- 
struction of  the  several  counties  possessing  the 
qualifications  required  for  admission  thereto,  and 
such  students  so  selected  shall  be  received  into  said 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  77 

respective  institutions  and  entitled  to  receive  the 
benefits  of  a  full  course  of  instruction  at  either  said 
College  or  University,  or  Normal  Department,  or 
other  institution  aforesaid,  without  any  charge  for 
instruction,  but  subject  to  such  rules  and  regula- 
tions as  may  be  established  by  the  said  Board  for 
the  governance  and  direction  of  the  same,  and  the 
Board  may  make  such  requisite  as  to  previous  in- 
struction for  entries  into  the  Normal  Departments 
at  it  shall  deem  best. 

Sec.  25.  Libraries,  ParaphemaJia  and  Apparatus. 

The  joint  boards,  as  soon  as  they  shall  have  located 
the  said  University,  College  and  Institute  for  the 
Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb  as  herein  provided,  shall  take 
and  appropriate  from  the  different  libraries  and 
laboratories  of  the  several  abolished  institutions  so 
much  of  said  literature  and  paraphernalia  and  appa- 
ratus as  may  be  necessary  to  thoroughly  equip  the 
four  said  respective  institutions,  and  the  balance,  if 
any  remains,  shall  be  disposed  of  as  is  hereinafter 
provided,  for  the  disposal  of  other  property  not  used. 

Sec.  26.  Libraries, "Paraphernalia  and  Apparatus. 

— That  all  the  bonds,  moneys,  properties  and  as- 
sets belonging  to  the  University  of  Florida,  abol- 
ished by  this  act,  or  held  in  any  way  or  manner,  for 
its  benefit,  or  which  it  might  or  could  be  entitled  to, 
are  directed-  to  be  transferred  and  conveyed  under 
the  provisions  hereof  aijd  hereby  set  apart  and  ap- 
propriate exclusively  to  the  establishment,  main- 
tenance and  support  of  the  University  of  the  State  of 
Florida,  and  all  and  singular  the  rents,  revenues,  is- 
sues and  profits  thereof,  and  the  Florida  Agricul- 
tural Experiment  Station,  established  as  a  depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  Florida,  shall  be  and  re- 
main a  Department  of  the  University  of  the  State  of 
Florida,  together  with  all  the  rents,  benefits,  dona- 


78  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

tions  and  emoluments  that  may  accrue  therefrom,  or 
under  the  act  of  Congress,  commonly  known  as  ^Hhe 
Hatch  Act,  *'  or  under  the  act  of  Congress  commonly 
known  as  the  ^'Morrill  Act'^  in  so  far  as  the  same 
or  so  much  thereof  can  be  used  and  appropriated  for 
the  benefits  of  said  institutions  by  the  provisions  of 
Sections  286  and  290,  Revised  Statutes  of  Florida, 
are  made  applicable  hereto  in  so  far  as  the  same  are 
or  can  be  made  effective,  and  all  estate,  right,  prop- 
erty, claim,  emolument  and  the  rents  and  issues 
thereof  or  any  substitutions  thereof,  and  all  claims 
and  demands  arising  or  that  may  or  can  arise  there- 
under or  any  act  of  Congress  in  that  regard  are 
hereby  preserved,  maintained  and  transferred  to  the 
State  Board  of  Education  for  the  use  and  benefit  of 
the  University  of  the  State  of  Florida. 

Sec.  27.  Property  of  Florida  State  College.— The 
bonds,  property,  assets  and  effects  of  every  nature 
and  description  whatsoever,  including  all  the  dona- 
tions belonging  or  donated  to  the  West  Florida 
Seminary  or  the  Florida  State  College,  its  succes- 
sor, and  the  rents,  revenues,  isaues  and  profits  there- 
of, provided  the  said  Female  College  shall  be  located 
by  the  said  joint  Boards  at  Tallahassee,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  appropriated  and  set  apart  for  the 
establishment  and  maintenance  and  support  of  the 
said  Female  College.  In  case  the  said  Florida  Fe- 
male College  shall  not  bQ  located  at  Tallahassee, 
then  so  much  of  the  said  funds  and  property  of  the 
said  abolished  Florida  State  College  as  shall,  after 
settlement  with  the  city  of  Tallahassee,  belong  to 
it  and  that  shall  come  to  the  hands  of  the  said  State 
Board  of  Education  shall  be  set  apart,  together  with 
such  other  funds  as  they  shall  deem  best  to  appro- 
priate for  such  purpose  out  of  any  moneys  that  may 
come  to  the  hands  of  the  State  Board  of  Education 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  .        79 

applicable  thereto  for  the  establishment,  mainten- 
anoe  and  support  of  the  said  Florida  Female  College. 

Sec.  28.  Funds  for  Support  of  Schools — How  Ap- 
portioned.— All  other  funds,  appropriations  and 
property  of  every  nature  and  description  which  may 
<^oine  to  the  State  of  Florida  or  the  hands  or  control 
of  the  State  Board  of  Education,  for  such  purpose, 
or  which  may  lawfully  be  applied  to  the  promotion 
and  advancement  of  schools  of  higher  education  in 
this  State,  including  the  assets  of  said  abolished 
institutions  not  otherwise  disposed  of,  shall  be  held 
and  appropriated  by  the  State  Board  of  Education 
in  conjunction  with  the  Board  of  Control  for  the 
m.aintenance  and  support  of  the  said  four  respective 
institutions  equally  and  ratably  in  proportion  as  the 
needs  of  the  said  respective  institutions  may  from 
time  to  time  require  the  same,  in  the  judgment  of  the 
said  Boards.  Provided,  That  what  is  known  as  the 
seminary  fund  shall  be  subjec-t  to  the  control,  man- 
agement and  investment  of  the  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation as  a  fund  for  the  benefit  of  the  Florida  Fe- 
male College  and  the  University  of  the  State  of 
Florida,  the  interest  arising  from  which  shall  be 
used  and  appropriated  for  the  maintenance  and  sup- 
port of  said  two  institutions  in  equal  proportion  and 
that  one  of  said  institutions  shall  be  located  west 
and  the  other  east  of  the  Suwannee  river. 

Sec.  29.  Funds  Appropriated  by  United  States. — 
That  the  State  Board  of  Education,  through  its  Pres- 
ident, is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  sign 
all  vouchers  for  all  moneys  coming  to  said  institu- 
tions created  and  maintained  by  this  act  from  the 
United  States,  or  any  fund  provided  by  the  United 
States  and  which  shall  be  paid  by  it  to  the  State  for 
the  benefit  of  the  said  institutions  and  shall  deposit 


80        .  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

the  same  with  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  of  Florida, 
to  be  disposed  of  under  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  30.  Appropriations  by  State  of  Florida. — 

The  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars, 
or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is  hereby 
appropriated,  in  addition  to  the  funds  already  dis- 
posed of  in  and  by  the  provisions  of  this  act,  or  that 
may  be  in  or  come  to  the  hands  of  the  State  Board 
of  Education  or  hereinbefore  provided  for  the  pur- 
poses herein,  for  the  establishment,  maintenance  and 
support  of  the  said  four  institutions  hereby  created 
and  maintained  by  this  act,  to  wit : 

For  the  establishment,  maintenance  and  support 
of  the  University  of  the  State  of  Florida;  for  the 
establishment,  maintenance  and  support  of  the  Flor- 
ida Female  College;  for  the  enlargement,  location, 
maintenance  and  support  of  the  Blind,  Deaf  and 
Dumb  Institute,  and  for  the  maintenance  and  sup- 
port of  the  Colored  Normal  School,  which  shall  be 
placed  to  the  credit  of  the  State  Board  of  Education, 
in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer,  to  be  expended  and 
disposed  of  upon  vouchers  as  provided  for  herein 
by  the  Board  of  Control  in  such  proportion  to  each 
of  the  said  respective  institutions  as  in  the  judg- 
ment and  discretion  of  the  said  Boards  may  seem 
best,  and  the  Legislature  shall,  at  each  session,  make 
the  like  or  some  reasonable  and  sufficient  appropria- 
tion for  the  continuance,  maintenance  and  support 
of  such  institutions. 

Sec.  31.  Appropriation  for  Interest  Deficit  for 
University. — That  the  said  State  Board  of  Education 
is  hereby  directed,  authorized  and  empowered,  out 
of  the  appropriations  made  under  this  act,  or  that 
from  time  to  time  shall  be  made,  or  any  other  fund 
or  property  which  shall  vest  in  it  under  this  act  to 
set  apart  and  pay  to  the  fund  with  which  it  is  vested 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  81 

for  the  use  of  the  University  of  the  State  of  Florida 
annually  the  sum  of  two  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
sixteen  dollars,  being  the  necessary  amount  to  raise 
interest  upon  the  bonds  transferred  to  the  said  Insti- 
tution by  this  act  from  three  per  cent  to  five  per 
cent,  as  is  provided  in  Chapter  5273  of  the  Laws  of 
Florida,  the  same  being  an  act  entitled  an  act  mak- 
ing annual  appropriation  for  the  University  of  Flori- 
da at  Lake  City;  to  make  up  deficit  caused  by 
shrinkage  of  interest  on  certain  bonds  according  to 
the  terms  and  provisions  of  said  act. 

The  said  sum  of  two  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
sixteen  dollars  required  therefor  shall  be  included 
in  each  appropriation  made  by  the  Legislature  for 
the  benefit  of  the  said  fund  required  under  the  ^ict 
of  Congress  of  July  2,  1862,  and  that  the  Treasurer 
of  the  State  of  Florida  shall  set  apart  said  amount 
upon  the  order  of  the  said  Board  according  to  the 
provisions  of  such  act. 

Sec.  32.  Duties  of  State  Treasurer.— The  Treas- 
urer of  the  State  of  Florida  shall  receive  and  pay 
out  all  moneys  and  funds  provided  for  in  this  act, 
or  which  shall  come  to  the  hands  or  control  of  the 
State  Board  of  Education  in  any  way  or  manner 
for  the  purposes  thereof,  and  he  shall  keep  all  said 
moneys  so  received  in  a  separate  fund,  and  classify 
the  same  as  provided  herein,  or  by  any  law  of  the 
United  States  relating  to  any  portion  thereof,  of 
which  he  shall  render  an  annual  report  to  the  Gov- 
ernor of  the  State  of  Florida  showing  in  detail  the 
amounts  received  and  from  what  funds  and  sources, 
and  expenditures,  when  paid  and  to  whom,  and  no 
moneys  shall  be  paid  out  by  him  except  upon  a 
warrant  drawn  by  the  Comptroller  upon  the  funds 
in  his  hands,  a  duplicate  voucher  from  the  Board  of 

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82  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Control  showing  the  purposes  of  such  expenditures, 
which  voucher  shall  bear  the  approval  of  said  Comp- 
troller, shall  be  filed  with  him. 

Sec.  33.  Payment  of  Debts  of  Abolished  Institu- 
tions.— The  Board  of  Control  shall  pay  any  and  all 
items  of  indebtedness  of  the  institutions  abolished 
under  this  act  after  the  same  shall  have  been 
vouchered,  audited  and  approved  as  hereinbefore 
provided  by  drawing  their  voucher  therefor  in  dupli- 
cate and  transmitting  the  same  to  the  Comptroller 
to  be  approved  by  him,  and  the  said  Comptroller 
shall  draw  his  warrant  on  the  State  Treasurer  who 
shall  pay  the  same  in  the  modes  and  manner  as  pro- 
vided in  Section  34  of  this  act,  out  of  any  funds  in  his 
hands  available  for  the  purposes  of  this  act. 

Sec.  34.  Disbursements  for  Institutions  Created. 
How  Made. — No  moneys  shall  be  expended  for  and 
on  behalf  of  any  of  the  said  institutions,  or  any 
department  thereof,  except  upon  a  written  voucher 
drawn  by  the  Board  of  Control,  in  duplicate  stating 
the  nature*  of  said  expenditures,  and  the  person  to 
whom  the  same  shall  be  made  payable,  which  vouch- 
&f&  shall  be  submitted  to  the  Comptroller  of  the 
State  of  Florida,  and  audited  and  approved  by  him, 
and  upon  such  approval  the  Comptroller  shall  draw 
his  warrant  upon  the  State  Treasurer  for  the  pay- 
ment thereof,  transmitting  duplicate  of  said  voucher 
approved  by  him,  to  the  Treasurer,  and  shall  file 
the  other  duplicate  of  said  voucher  approved  by  him 
in  his  office.  No  voucher  shall  be  issued  or  drawn  by 
the  Board  of  Control  for  the  payment  of  any  moneys 
except  the  same  be  approved  by  said  Board  in  regu- 
lar session  and  countersigned  by  the  Chairman  and 
Secretary  thereof. 

Sec.  35.  Board  of  Control  a  Body  Corporate— Its 
Powers  and  Employees.— The  State  Board  of  Con- 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  83 

trol  shall  be  a  body  corporate,  and  shall  have  a 
corporate  seal  to  be  selected  by  it  at  its  first  meeting; 
shall  elect  a  Secretary,  and  remove  him  at  will ;  have 
and  employ  all  necessary  clerks  and  servants;  shall 
have  power  to  contract  and  be  contracted  with;  sue 
and  be  sued ;  plead  and  to  be  impleaded  in  all  courts 
of  law  and  equity;  to  receive  donations;  to  make 
purchases  of  lands  and  tenements,  and  to  contract 
for  the  sale  and  disposal  of  the  same,  but  the  title 
to  all  such  donations  and  property,  however  ac- 
quired, shall  be  vested  in  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, and  shall  only  be  transferred  and  conveyed  by 
it,  and  shall  have  and  possess  all  the  powers  of  a 
body  corporate  for  all  the  purposes  created  by  or 
that  may  exist  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  or 
any  act  or  acts  amendatoiy  thereof. 

Sec.  36.  Trustees  of  Abolished  Institutions — Te- 
nure and  Duties. — That  the  institutions  and  the 
trustees,  managers  and  officers  thereof  abolished, 
transferred  or  changed  under  the  provisions  of  this 
act  shall  remain  and  hold  their  respective  offices  and 
positions  until  after  the  Board  of  Control  provided  in 
this  act  has  been  appointed  and  organized  and  shall 
have  taken  possession  of  the  same  and  assumed  the 
powers  and  duties  thereof,  and  the  same  are  hereby 
directed,  authorized  and  empowered,  that  as  soon 
after  their  appointment,  organization  and  joint  meet- 
ing with  the  State  Board  of  Education  as  herein 
provided,  to  take  charge  of  all  and  singular  the  said 
abolished  institutions,  their  assets  and  property,  as 
well  as  the  institutions  created  and  maintained  by 
this  act,  and  assume  the  duties,  powers  and  control 
thereof  provided  for  herein,  and  take  upon  them- 
selves all  the  responsibility  therefor. 

Tliat  the  several  and  respective  institutions  abol- 
ished by  this  act  shall  not  be  disturbed  in  their  pres- 


84  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

ent  operations  until  the  end  of  the  present  school 
year,  to  wit:  The  first  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1905. 

Sec.  37.  Reports  to  Legislature — Duties  of  Comp- 
troller.— That  the  State  Board  of  Education,  the 
State  Board  of  Control,  the  Treasurer  and  the  Comp- 
troller shall  each  make  a  separate  and  complete  re- 
port of  all  their  respective  acts  and  doings  to  the 
Legislature  that  shall  assemble  in  the  year  1907  and 
to  each  meeting  of  the  Legislature  thereafter,  and 
that  the  said  State  Board  of  Education,  Board  of 
Control,  Treasurer  and  Comptroller  shall  make  an 
annual  report  complete  in  every  detail  of  their  acts 
and  doings,  showing  all  moneys  received  and  dis- 
bursed, purposes  for  which  the  same  were  received 
and  made,  and  every  mattei-  and  thing  connected 
with  the  institutions,  moneys,  funds,  property  of  the 
said  respective  institutions  under  their  charge  and 
control,  which  said  reports  the  said  Comptroller  is 
hereby  directed  to  have  printed,  published  and  dis- 
tributed for  general  information.  The  Comptroller 
is  hereby  made  examiner  for  said  institutions  and 
shall  examine  the  same  semi-annually  and  as  often 
as  in  his  judgment  may  be  required  or  necessary. 

Sec.  38.  Board  of  Control  to  Provide  System  of 
Examinations. — That  the  said  Board  of  Control  are 
hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  provide  a  sys- 
tem and  course  of  written  examinations  by  question 
and  answers  for  all  the  public  high  schools  in  the 
State,  and  that  no  pupil  shall  be  admitted  to  said 
high  schools  or  be  advanced  to  any  successive  grade 
therein,  or  shall  be  permitted  to  enter  any  institu- 
tion created  or  maintained  in  and  by  this  act  until 
such  examinations  have  been  had  according  to  such 
procedure,  and  the  result  of  said  examinations  shall 
have  been  approved  by  the  said  Board  of  Control  in 
each  instance  and  a  certificate  of  such  admission  or 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  85 

advancement  by  the  said  Board  of  Cont-rol,  and  the 
said  Board  shall  have  power  to  alter  and  change 
these  rules  and  regulations  from  time  to  time  where 
it  shall  be  deemed  necessary,  and  shall  provide  all 
the  necessary  blanks  and  distribute  the  same  for 
such  purpose. 

Sec.  39.  Duties  of  State  Superintendent  of  Publio 
Instruction. — That  the  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction is  hereby  directed  and  it  is  made  his  duty 
to  make  an  inspection  of  each  and  every  of  the  insti- 
tutions created  and  maintained  by  this  act  once  in 
each  month  and  to  make  report  thereof  in  writing 
to  the  Governor  and  a  duplicate  annual  report  em- 
bodying the  results  of  his  monthly  reports,  one  to 
the  Governor  and  one  to  be  filed  with  the  Comp- 
troller. 

Sec.  40.  Conflicting  Laws  Repealed. — That  all 
laws  or  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  the  provisions 
of  this  act  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  41.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its 
passage  and  approval  by  the  Governor,  or  becoming 
a  law  without  such  approval. 

Approved  June  5th,  1905. 


CHAPTER  5386. 

AN  ACT  to  Amend  Section  3,  of  Chapter  4196,  Laws 
of  Florida,  Relative  to  Defining  a  School  Year  and 
Providing  for  the  Opening  and  Closing  of  School 
Terms. 

Be  it  Enacted  hy  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  FloiHda : 

Section  1.    That  Section  3,  of  Chapter  4196,  Laws 
of  Florida,  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 


86    f  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Sec.  2.  Financial  Apportionment  Forfeited  in  Cer- 
tain Cases.— Any  public  school  in  the  county  failing 
to  complete  its  public  term  before  the  termination 
of  the  school  year,  shall,  if  such  lost  time  of  such 
term,  be  not  made  up  within  the  next  school  year 
thereafter,  forfeit  the  proportion  of  its  financial  ap- 
portionment not  used  by  neglecting  or  failing  to 
maintain  a  school  for  the  full  term  of  school  in  that 
county,  and  in  that  case  all  moneys  so  forfeited  shall 
be  apportioned  among  the  several  schools  of  the 
county  at  the  next  annual  apportionment. 

Sec.  3.    All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict 
with  this  Act  are  hereby  repealed. 
Approved  May  31,  1905. 


CHAPTEE  5387. 

AN  ACT  Empowering  County  Boards  of  Public  Li- 
struction  and  Trustees  of  Special  Tax  School  Dis- 
tricts to  Establish  Kindergartens  Under  Certain 
Conditions. 

Be  it  Enacted  hy  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida : 

Section  1.  Establishing  Kindergartens. — That 
any  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  or  Board  of 
Trustees  of  any  special  tax  school  district  is  hereby 
empowered  to  establish  and  maintain  kindergartens 
in  communities  guaranteeing  the  attendance  of  twen- 
ty-five (25)  kindergarten  pupils. 

Sec.  2.  Part  of  Public  School.— That  every  kin- 
dergarten established  under  this  act  shall  be  a  part 
of  the  public  school  taught  in  the  same  community, 
and  shall  be  under  the  direction  and  control  of  the 
principal  of  the  said  public  school. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  87 

Sec.  3.  Qualification  of  Teachers. — That  no  per- 
son shall  be  employed  to  teach  as  principal  of  a  kin- 
dergarten department  who  does  not  hold  a  certifi- 
cate of  graduation  from  a  reputable  kindergarten 
training  school. 

Sec.  4.  Conflicting  Laws  Repealed. — That  all 
laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  the  provisions 
of  this  act  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  5.     That  this  act  shall  become  a  law  imme^ 
diately  upon  its  approval  by  the  Governor. 
Approved  May  31,  1905. 


CHAPTEE  5389. 

AN  ACT  Regulating  the  Abolition,  Extension  or 
Contraction  of  the  Limits  of  Special  Tax  School 
Districts. 

Be  it  Enacted  iy  tlie  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  Outstanding  Indebtedness  Must  Be 
Paid  or  Provided  For. — That  any  special  school  tax 
district  may  at  any  time  under  the  provisions  here- 
inafter mentioned  abolish  or  extend  or  contract  the 
limits  of  such  special  tax  school  district;  Provided, 
That  no  special  tax  school  district  shall  be  abolished 
while  it  has  any  outstanding  indebtedness  without 
first  making  provisions  for  the  liquidation  of  such 
indebtedness. 

Sec.  2.  Election  Calling,  Publication  and  Determi- 
nation.— That  any  special  tax  school  district  may  be 
abolished  or  the  limits  thereof  extended  or  contract- 
ed by  a  majority  vote  at  an  election  called  by  the 
Board  of  Public  Instruction  of  the  county  for  the 
purpose,  after  publication  of  such  notice  as  is  r^- 


88  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

quired  to  create  such  special  tax  district,  at  which 
election  the  qualifications  of  voters  shall  be  the  same 
as  in  elections  to  create  special  tax  school  districts. 
Approved  May  29,  1905. 


CHAPTER  5390. 

AN  ACT  Authorizing  the  County  Boards  of  Public 
Instruction  to  Borrow  Money  for  Payment  of 
School  Warrants  When  There  Are  No  Funds  in 
the  Treasury  for  Such  Purpose  and  to  Pay  Inter- 
est for  Such  Loans  Not  Exceeding  Eight  Per  Cent. 
Per  Annum. 

Be  it  Enacted  hy  the  Leffislature  of  the  State  of  Florida : 

Section  1.  County  Boards  Authorized  to  Borrow 
Money. — That  whenever  there  is  no  money  in  the 
county  school  fund  applicable  to  the  payment  of  out- 
standing warrants  issued  by  any  County  School 
Board  in  this  State,  the  County  Boards  of  Public 
Instruction  of  the  several  counties  in  this  State  are 
hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  borrow  money 
at  a  rate  of  interest  not  to  exceed  eight  per  cent.  (8 
per  cent.)  per  annum  for  the  purpose  of  paying  all 
such  outstanding  warrants  and  for  the  further  pur- 
pose of  paying  any  and  all  legitimate  expenses  in- 
curred in  operating  the  schools  of  said  county. 

Sec.  2.  Duty  of  County  Treasurer.— That  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  County  Treasurer  upon  presenta- 
tion to  him  of  a  county  school  warrant  to  pay  the 
same,  if  there  are  any  funds  in  his  custody,  applica- 
ble thereto,  and  if  there  are  no  such  funds,  he  shall 
indorse  the  fact  on  the  warrant  with  the  date  of  pre- 
sentation and  affix  his  official  signature  thereto. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  89 

Sec.  3.  Payment  of  Interest,  How  Made. — That 
all  interest  payments  made  under  this  Act  shall  be 
by  warrant  issued  by  the  County  Board  of  Public 
Instruction  in  the  same  manner  as  warrants  for 
other  indebtedness  are  issued. 

Sec.  4.  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict 
with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  be  and  the  same  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  5.  That  this  Act  shall  take  effect  immedi- 
ately upon  its  approval  by  the  Governor. 
Approved  June  1,  1905. 


CHAPTER  5391. 

AN  ACT  to  Amend  Section  1,  Chapter  5204,  Laws  of 
Florida,  the  Same  Being  an  Act  to  Provide  for 
the  Certification  of  Teachers  and  to  Prescribe  Re- 
quirements for  the  Various  Grades  of  Certificates. 

Be  it  Enacted  hy  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida : 

Section  1.  Teachers  Required  to  Hold  Certifi- 
cates.— That  Section  1,  of  Chapter  5204,  be  amended 
so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  be  permitted  to  teach 
in  the  public  schools  of  the  State  of  Florida  who 
does  not  hold  a  teacher's  certificate  granted  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  provisions  of  this  Act;  Provided, 
That  County  Superintendents  may  hold  a  special  ex- 
amination, and  issue  temporary  certificates  for  a 
term  not  longer  than  the  interval  between  the  regu- 
lar examinations,  provided  the  applicant  for  such 
certificate  furnishes  satisfactory  reasons  for  having 
failed  to  attend  the  regular  examination;  Provided, 
That  no  person  shall  be  permitted  to  the  benefit  of 


90  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

a  second  special  examination  under  the  provisions 
of  this  Act;  Provided,  further,  That  no  certificate 
issued  under  the  laws  of  this  State  since  January  1, 
1894,  shall  be  rendered  void  by  this  Act. 

Sec.  2.  All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with 
Uiis  Act  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  May  24,  1905. 


CHAPTEE  5656. 

Session  Laws  of  1907. 

AN  ACT  To  Amend  Section  Three  Hundred  and 
Forty-Four  of  the  General  Statutes  of  the  State  of 
Florida,  the  Same  Being  Kelative  to  the  Compen- 
sation of  the  Members  of  County  School  Boards. 

Be  it  Enacted  "by  the  Legislature  of  the  Staite  of  Florida : 

Section  1.  That  Section  Three  Hundred  and 
Forty-four  of  the  General  Statutes  of  the  State  of 
Florida  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

**Sec.  344.  Compensation  of  Members  of  County 
School  Board. — The  members  of  the  various  County 
School  Boards  shall  be  paid  from  the  county  school 
fund  for  their  services  four  dollars  per  day,  for  each 
day's  service,  and  ten  cents  per  mile  for  every  mile 
actually  traveled  in  going  to  and  from  the  county 
court  house  by  the  nearest  practicable  route. ' ' 

Sec.  2.  That  all  laws  or  parts  of  laws  in  conflict 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  3.  That  this  act  shall  become  a  law  upon  its 
passage  and  approval  by  the  Governor. 
Approved  May  27,  1907. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  91 

CHAPTER  5658. 

Session  Laws  of  1907. 

AN  ACT  to  Regulate  the  Salaries  of  County  Superin- 
tendents of  Public  Instruction. 

Be  it  Enacted  hy  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida : 

Section  1.  That  the  salaries  of  County  Superin- 
tendents of  Public  Instruction  be  based  upon  the  to- 
tal annual  receipts  of  each  county,  for  school  pur- 
poses, including  special  school  district  taxes,  and  ex- 
cepting borrowed  money,  as  follows:  In  counties 
where  the  receipts  are  less  than  $14,000.00,  the  sal- 
ary shall  be  not  less  than  $50.00  per  month ;  in  coun- 
ties where  the  receipts  are  more  than  $14,000.00  and 
less  than  $20,000.00,  the  salary  shall  be  not  less  than 
$75.00  per  month ;  in  counties  where  the  receipts  are 
more  than  $20,000.00  and  less  than  $40,000.00,  the  sal- 
ary  shall  be  not  less  than  $100.00  per  month;  in 
counties  where  the  receipts  are  more  than  $40,000.00 
and  less  than  $70,000.00,  the  salary  shall  be  not  less 
than  $125.00  per  month;  in  counties  where  the  re- 
ceipts are  more  than  $70,000.00  and  less  than  $100,- 
000.00,  the  salary  shall  be  not  less  than  $150.00  per 
month ;  in  counties  where  the  receipts  are  more  than 
$100,000.00  and  less  than  $120,000.00,  the  salary 
shall  be  not  less  than  $175.00  per  month;  in  counties 
where  the  receipts  are  more  than  $120,000.00  and  less 
than  $200,000.00,  the  salary  shall  be  not  less  than 
$200.00  per  month. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  go  into  effect  on  July  1st, 
1907. 

Approved  June  3, 1907. 


92  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

CHAPTER  5881. 

Session  Laws  of  1909. 

AN  ACT  Requiring  Teachers*  Summer  Training 
Schools  and  Making  Appropriations  Therefor. 

Whereas,  The  value  of  the  public  school  system  is 
measured  by  the  character  of  the  teachers  em- 
ployed; and 

Whereas,  Teachers*  Summer  Training  Schools  are 
recognized  as  among  the  most  potent  means  of  im- 
proving teachers,  and  as  being  the  form  of  normal 
instruction  which  reaches  the  largest  number  of 
teachers,  and  hence  whose  benefits  are  most  wide- 
spread; therefore — 

Be  it  Enacted  hy  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida : 

Section  1.  That  the  sum  of  four  thousand  dollars 
for  the  year  1909,  and  four  thousand  dollars  for  the 
year  1910,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary, 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated  for  the  pur- 
pose of  maintaining  such  Teachers*  and  Summer 
Training  Schools,  provided  impartially  for  teachers 
of  both  races,  at  the  location  of  the  University  of 
the  State  of  Florida,  and  the  Florida  Female  College, 
for  white  teachers,  and  at  the  location  of  the  Colored 
Normal  School  for  colored  teachers.  These  schools 
to  be  taught  by  such  instructors  as  the  State  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction  may  appoint,  and  to 
be  held  at  such  times  as  he  may  designate. 

Sec.  2.  The  Comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  to 
draw  waiTants  upon  the  requisition  of  the  State  Su- 
perintendent of  Public  Instruction,  out  of  any  funds 
in  the  Treasury,  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the 
amounts  appropriated  in  Section  1  of  this  Act. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.       •  93 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction  to  submit  a  report  to 
the  next  General  Assembly  showing  the  number  and 
location  of  schools  conducted  by  means  of  this  ap- 
propriation, the  number  of  teachers  attending  each 
by  race  and  sex,  the  conductors  of  each  school  with 
number  of  days'  service  rendered  by  each,  and  the 
amount  paid  each ;  and  to  submit  vouchers  for  every 
dollar  paid  out  from  this  fund. 

Sec.  4.  All  laws  in  conflict  with  this  Act  art 
hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  5.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage 
and  approval  by  the  Governor. 
Approved  May  22,  1909. 


CHAPTER  5924. 

AN  ACT  Changing  the  Name  of  the  Florida  Female 
College. 

Be  it  Enacted  hy  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida : 

Section  1.  That  the  Florida  Female  College  as  at 
present  defined  by  law  be  and  is  hereby  changed  to 
and  shall  be  known  as  the  Florida  State  College  for 
Women. 

Sec.  2.    This  Act  shall  go  into  effect  immediately 
upon  its  passage  and  approval  by  the  Governor. 
Approved  May  22,  1909. 


94  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

CHAPTER  5925. 

AN  ACT  Changing  the  Name  of  the  Colored  Normal 
School. 

Be  it  Enacted  hy  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida : 

Sectian  1.  That  the  Colored  Normal  School  as  at 
present  defined  by  law  be  and  is  hereby  changed  to 
and  shall  be  known  as  the  Florida  Agricultural  and 
Mechanical  College  for  Negroes. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  go  into  effect  immediately 
upon  its  passage  and  approval  by  the  Grovernor. 

Approved  May  22,  1909. 


CHAPTER  5926. 

AN  ACT  Changing  the  Name  of  the  University  of 
the  State  of  Florida. 

Be  it  Enacted  hy  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida : 

Section  1.  That  the  University  of  the  State  of 
Florida  as  at  present  defined  by  law  be  and  is  hereby 
changed  to  and  shall  be  known  as  the  University  of 
Florida. 

Sec.  2.  This  Act  shall  go  into  effect  immediately 
upon  its  passage  and  approval  by  the  Governor. 

Approved  May  22,  1909. 


AN  ACT  Changing  the  Name  of  the  Institute  for  the 
Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb. 

Be  it  Etuwted  hy  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida : 
Section  1.     That  the  Institute  for  the  Blind,  Deaf 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  95 

and  Dumb  as  at  present  defined  by  law  be  and  is 
hereby  changed  to  and  shall  be  known  as  the  Florida 
School  for  the  Deaf  and  the  Blind. 

Sec.  2.     This  Act  shall  go  into  effect  immediately 
upon  its  passage  and  approval  by  the  Governor. 
Approved  May  22,  1909. 


CHAPTER  5937. 

AN  ACT  Requiring  Proper  Fire  Protection  for 
Teachers  and  Students  of  Public  Schools,  Prescrib- 
ing the  Means  for  Such  Protection,  and  Prescrib- 
ing Penalties  for  Not  Constructing,  Introducing 
and  Maintaining  the  Means  for  Such  Protection. 

Be  it  Enacted  hy  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida : 

Section  1.  That  all  public  school  buildings  with- 
in the  State  of  Florida,  of  two  or  more  stories  in 
height,  the  story  or  stories  of  which  shall  be  used  for 
public  school  purposes,  shall  be  provided  with  ade- 
quate stairways,  or  fire  escapes  for  egress  in  case 
of  fire. 

Sec.  2.  The  number  of  such  stairways  or  fire  es- 
capes, and  their  location,  material  and  construction, 
shall  be  as  designated  and  prescribed  by  the  Board 
of  Public  Instruction  of  the  county  in  which  said 
school  building  or  buildings  shall  be  located. 

Sec.  3.  The  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of  each 
of  the  counties  of  the  State  of  Florida  shall,  on  or 
before  October  1st,  1909,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as 
may  be  practicable,  have  constructed  the  stairways 
or  fire  escapes  hereinbefore  described,  and  shall  at 
all  times  keep  or  have  the  same  kept  in  perfect  or- 
der. 


96  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

Sec.  4.  That  all  the  outer  doors  of  any  public 
school  building,  where  there  shall  be  two  or  more 
rooms,  shall  be  so  hung  that  when  they  are  opened 
they  will  swing  to  the  outside. 

Sec.  5.  The  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for  the 
several  counties  of  the  State  of  Florida  shall,  on  or 
before  October  1st,  1909,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as 
may  be  practicable,  have  the  doors  of  said  school 
buildings  changed,  if  necessary,  to  comply  with  the 
provisions  of  Section  4  of  this  Act. 

Sec.  6.  The  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 
of  the  State  of  Florida  shall,  on  or  before  October 
1st,  1909,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be  practicable, 
formulate  and  prescribe  tax3tics  of  instruction  for 
fire  drills  for  all  the  public  schools  of  the  State  of 
Florida,  and  each  teacher  teaching  in  such  school 
shall  be  provided  with  a  copy  of  such  tactics,  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  each  and  every  of  such  teachers 
to  instruct  the  students  of  their  respective  schools  in 
such  fire  drills  as  prescribed  by  the  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction. 

Sec.  7.  Any  teacher  or  officer  mentioned  in  this 
Act  who  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  comply  with  the  pro- 
visions hereof  shall  be  removed  from  his  position  or 
office. 

Sec.  8.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage 
and  approval  by  the  Governor. 

Approved  June  4,  1909. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  97 

CHAPTER  5938.  i 

AN  ACT  Providing  for  and  Requiring  the  Teaching 
of  the  Elementary  Principles  of  Agriculture  and 
the  Elements  of  Civil  Government  in  All  the  Com- 
mon Schools  of  the  State  of  Florida;  to  Provide 
a  Penalty  in  Case  Any  County  Board  of  Education 
Fails  to  Provide  for  the  Teaching  of  the  Same,  and 
Requiring  All  Teachers  to  Stand  a  Satisfactory 
Examination  Upon  Said  Subjects. 

Be  it  Enacted  hy  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida : 

Section  1.  That  the  elementary  principles  of  Ag- 
riculture and  the  elements  of  Civil  Government  be 
included  in  the  branches  of  study  taught  in  the  com- 
mon and  public  schools  of  the  State  of  Florida,  and 
shall  be  studied  and  taught  as  thoroughly  and  in 
the  same  manner  as  other  like  required  branches 
are  studied  and  taught  in  said  schools. 

Sec.  2.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County 
School  Board  of  Education  of  the  several  counties 
of  the  State  to  prescribe  and  require  that  the  teach- 
ers throughout  their  counties  respectively,  teach  the 
elementary  principles  of  Agriculture,  and  the  Ele- 
ments of  Civil  Government,  in  the  same  manner  as 
other  like  required  branches  are  studied  and  taught 
in  said  schools. 

Sec.  3.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  examining 
boards  in  this  State  in  prescribing  examinations  for 
teachers  in  the  public  schools,  to  require  them  to 
stand  a  satisfactory  examination  in  the  elementary 
principles  of  Agriculture,  and  the  olemeuts  of  Civil 
Govornir.ent,  the  same  as  upon  any  otl:cr  subjects 
taught  in  said  schools. 

Sec.  4.     That  any  person  who  fails  or  no.i^lects  to 

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98  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

comply  with,  the  foregoing  provisions  of  Sections  1, 
2  and  3,  when  the  requirements  of  said  provisions 
apply  to  him,  shall  be  guilty  of  negligence  of  his 
duty  and  subject  to  removal  by  the  proper  authority 
for  such  failure  to  comply  with  said  law. 

Sec.  5.  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict 
herewith  is  hereby  repealed. 
Approved  June  7,  1909. 


CHAPTER  5962. 

AN  ACT  Requiring  Tax  Assessors  to  Furnish  to  the 
Boards  of  Public  Instruction  of  Their  Respective 
Counties  a  List  Showing  the  Total  Amount  of 
Special  District  Taxes  Assessed  in  the  Several 
Special  School  Districts. 

^e  it  Enacted  hp  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida : 

Sectian  1.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County 
^ax  Assessors  to  furnish  to  the  Boards  of  Public  In- 
struction of  their  respective  counties  on  or  before 
the  first  day  of  October  of  each  year  the  total 
amount  of  special  district  school  tax  assessed  in  each 
and  every  special  tax  school  district. 

Sec.  2.    This  Act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage 
and  approval  by  the  Governor. 
Approved  June  4,  1909. 


REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS 

PRESCRIBED  BY  THE 

State  Board  of  Education. 


Department  of  Public  Instruction. 

In  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  Section  2, 
Paragraphs  1  and  7,  the  following  Regulations 
Instructions  and  Forms  have  been  prescribed  by  the 
State  Board  of  Education  for  the  use  and  guidance 
of  school  officers  and  teachers. 


REGULATIONS  AND  INSTRUCTIONS. 

General. 

Regulation  1.  Eligibility  to  School  Office.— Per- 
sons to  be  eligible  to  school  offices  or  positions  must 
be  of  good  moral  character,  temperate,  upright,  re- 
sponsible, competent  and  in  full  sympathy  with  the 
public  educational  system  of  the  State. 

Reg.  2.  Force  of  Regulations. — All  Rules  and 
Regulations  prescribed  by  County  Boards  of  Public 
Instruction  not  at  variance  with  the  Statutes  or  the 
Regulations  and  Instructions  of  the  State  Board  of 
Education,  shall  have  the  full  force  and  effect  of  law^ 
and  must  be  riespected  accordingly. 


100  REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS. 

Reg.  3.  Use  of  Blanks. — County  school  officers 
and  teachers  shall  in  all  cases  use  the  blanks,  forms, 
registers,  etc.,  prescribed  and  furnished  by  the  State 
Department. 

COUNTY  BOARDS  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 

Reg.  4.  To  Be  Commissioned. — Members  of  Coun- 
ty Boards  of  Public  Instruction  before  assuming  th« 
office,  must  be  commissioned. 

Reg.  5.  To  Hold  Regular  Meetings. — County 
Boards  of  Public  Instruction  shall  hold  regular  meet- 
ings, at  least  monthly,  during  the  session  of  schools, 
when  they  shall  examine  carefully  all  teachers'  re- 
ports, issue  warrants,  hear  reports  of  the  County  Su- 
perintendent and  transact  other  business. 

Reg.  6.  When  to  Issue  Warrants. — County 
Boards  of  Public  Instruction  shall  not  issue  a  war- 
rant to  any  teacher,  until  the  monthly  report  of  said 
teacher,  on  which  the  warrant  is  based,  be  made  in 
conformity  with  the  blanks  furnished,  and  in  com- 
pliance with  the  directions  given  in  the  Teacher's 
Register. 

Reg.  7.  When  to  Contract  With  Teachers. — Coun- 
ty Boards  of  Public  Instruction  shall  not  contract 
with  any  person  to  teach  a  school  who  does  not  hold 
a  Teacher's  Certificate,  unimpaired  by  suspension, 
revocation  or  limitation,  and  granted  in  accordance 
with  law.  Nor  shall  any  person  be  entitled  to  com- 
pensation from  the  public  fund  until  he  has  been 
employed  and  contracted  with  by  the  County  School 
Board. 

Reg.  8.  To  Assign  Teachers. — It  is  the  duty  of 
County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  to  select,  as- 
sign and  contract  with  teachers.  This  duty  can  in 
no  case  be  delegated  to  Supervisors  or  patrons;  but 


REGULATIONS  AND  FORAfS.  101 

the  Supervisor  or  Trustees  may  report  to  the  Countj 
Board,  for  its  consideration,  the  names  of  such  teach- 
efi's  as  are  best  suited  to  the  requirements  of  th# 
ichool  and  most  satisfactory  to  the  patrons. 

Reg.  9.  When  to  Assign  Teachers. — County 
Boards  of  Public  Instruction  shall,  at  the  first  regu- 
lar meeting  after  the  June  examination  in  each  year, 
proceed  to  assign  teachers  to  schools  for  the  ensuing 
scholastic  year,  selecting  first  from  the  list  of  teach- 
ers those  holding  State  or  County  Certificates.  Sala- 
ries may  be  fixed  and  contracts  entered  into  at  a 
subsequent  meeting.  After  the  September  examina- 
tion, all  vacancies  that  exist  shall  be  filled  in  like 
manner. 

Reg.  10.  To  Avoid  Favoritism. — The  State  Board 
of  Education  earnestly  admonishes  County  Boards  of 
Public  Instruction  to  exercise  great  caution  in  the 
employment  of  teachers,  that  they  may  not  subject 
themselves  to  the  charge  of  being  influenced  by  per- 
sonal or  political  favoritism,  sectarianism,  or  by  ties 
of  relationship. 

Reg.  11.    To  Prescribe  Uniform  Course  of  Study. 

■ — The  State  Board  of  Education  calls  the  special  at- 
tention of  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  to 
the  duty  of  prescribing  a  uniform  course  of  study  for 
their  schools,  and  grading  the  same,  as  provided  in 
the  General  Statutes. 

Reg.  12.  To  Print  Rules  and  Regulations,  Etc. — 
The  State  Board  of  Education  recommends  the  adop- 
tion by  County  Boards  of  a  system  of  rules  and  reg- 
ulations for  their  guidance  and  for  the  government 
of  schools,  teachers,  and  pupils.  Such  rules  and  reg- 
ulations, together  with  the  prescribed  course  of 
study,  should  be  printed  in  pamphlet  form  and 
copies  of  the  same  filed  in  the  office  of  the  State  D*- 


102  RSGULATIONS  AND  FORMS. 

partment.  The  State  Superintendent  shall,  upon  re- 
quest, furnish  a  copy  of  such  pamphlet  to  other 
County  Boards. 

Reg.  13.  Arbor  Day.— The  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion names  the  first  Friday  of  February  of  each  year 
as  Arbor  Day,  which  shall  not  be  observed  as  a  holi- 
day, but  shall  be  devoted  to  the  planting  of  trees  on 
school  grounds  or  other  appropriate  public  places, 
together  with  suitable  exercises,  lesson  or  lectures 
designed  to  interest  and  instruct  the  children  in  the 
care  and  cultivation  of  trees.  No  teacher  should  be, 
allowed  compensation  for  Arbor  Day,  unless  a  pre- 
scribed number  of  trees  has  been  properly  planted 
and  securely  protected  against  injury. 

Reg.  14.  May  Require  Tuition  Fees. — County 
Boards  of  Public  Instruction  should  adopt  a  regula- 
tion requiring  pupils  from  other  States,  or  from 
other  counties,  to  pay  a  specified  tuition  fee  to  the 
teacher,  to  be  by  him  paid  to  the  County  Superinten- 
dent, and  reported  by  the  latter  to  the  County  Board. 

Reg.  15.  To  Observe  3  Mile  Limit. — The  attention 
of  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  is  called  to 
the  fact  that  the  law  expressly  prohibits  the  estab 
lishing  of  schools,  for  the  same  race,  nearer  than 
three  miles  of  each  other,  unless  made  necessary  by 
local  geographical  features.  Where  this  law  has 
been  violated  in  the  past,  it  is  the  duty  of  County 
Boards  to  proceed  as  speedily  as  consistent  with 
the  interest  of  all  concerned,  to  combine  two  or  more 
schools  into  one,  when  practicable,  or  otherwise  re- 
arrange them  so  as  to  conform  to  the  provisions  of 
the  General  Statutes. 

Reg.  16.  To  District  Counties. — County  Boards 
of  Public  Instruction  are  directed  and  enjoined  to 
subdivide  their  respective  counties  into  convenient 


REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS.  103 

and  permanent  school  districts,  for  each  race  sepa- 
rately, and  to  keep  a  record  of  each  district  by  name, 
by  number,  and  by  description  of  lands  contained 
therein  (or  by  boundaries)  in  order  that  specific 
knowledge  may  be  had  as  to  the  metes  and  bounds  of 
each  school  district.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said 
Boards  to  furnish  each  Supervisor  or  Board  of  Trus- 
tees with  a  proper  description  of  the  territory  em- 
braced within  his  jurisdiction. 

Reg.  17.  To  Restrict  School  Attendance  to  Proper 
District. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  County  Board 
to  adopt  necessary  regulations  to  restrict  the  attend- 
ance of  pupils  to  the  school  within  their  own  dis- 
trict, except  as  the  Board  may  by  special  permit  or 
by  regulation  allow  attendance  elsewhere;  Provided, 
All  pupils  of  the  county,  qualified  therefor,  may  at- 
tend the  county  high  school. 

Reg.  18.  Not  to  Contract  for  a  Term  Beyond  the 
Life  of  a  Certificate. — County  Boards  of  Public  In- 
struction shall  not  enter  into  a  contract  with  any 
teacher  for  a  term  of  service  extending  beyond  the 
life  of  the  certificate  held  by  the  teacher. 

Reg.  19.  To  Remove  Trustees  and  Appoint. — 
County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  shall  have  the 
authority  to  remove  any  member  of  a  Board  of  Trus- 
tees of  a  special  tax  school  district  who  fails  to  dis- 
charge his  duty. 

All  vacancies  in  Boards  of  Trustees  shall  be  filled 
for  the  unexpired  term  by  the  County  Board  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction  upon  nomination  by  the  patrons  of 
the  school. 

COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  IN- 

STRUCTION. 

Reg.  20.  When  to  Make  Annual  Report.— The 
County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  in  each 


104  REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS. 

comity  shall,  not  later  than  the  fifteenth  day  of  July 
each  year,  prepare  and  forward  to  the  State  Super- 
intendent an  annual  report,  in  conformity  with 
blanks  and  instructions  sent  out  from  the  State  De- 
partment. 

Reg.  21.  Notice  of  Examinations. — The  County 
Superintendent  shall  give  ample  notice  before  every 
county  examination  of  the  time  and  place  thereof. 

Reg.  22.  May  Appoint  Assistants. — In  case  sep- 
arate places  are  necessary  to  be  provided  for  the  ex- 
amination of  white  and  negro  teachers,  the  County 
Superintendents  are  authorized  to  appoint  compe- 
tent assitants  to  conduct  the  examinations,  but  he 
shall  be  responsible  for  the  official  acts  of  said  as- 
sistants. , 

Reg.  23.  To  Require  Endorsement  of  Character. — 
County  Superintendents  are  directed  to  furnish  the 
proper  blanks,  and  to  see  that  applicants  for  exami- 
nation file  endorsement  of  good  moral  character  be- 
fore admitting. 

Reg.  24.  When  to  Appoint  Teachers. — In  case  a 
vacancy  should  occur  in  the  teaching  force  of  any 
school  between  the  regular  meetings  of  the  Board, 
the  County  Superintendent  is  authorized  to  fill  the 
same,  subject  to  the  ratification  of  the  Board  at  its 
next  regular  meeting. 

SUPERVISORS  AND  TRUSTEES. 

Reg.  25.  How  Governed. — School  Supervisors  shall 
be  governed  in  the  general  discharge  of  their  duties 
by  the  directions  and  the  Rules  and  Regulations  of 
the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

Reg.  26.  Powers  Defined. — The  office  of  Super- 
visor or  Trustee  is  not  one  of  control,  but  of  super- 
vision only.  Schools  while  in  session  are  under  the 


REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS.  105 

immediate  control  of  the  County  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction. But  in  case  of  emergency  the  County  Su- 
perintendent may  suspend  or  close  a  school,  subject 
to  the  action  of  the  Board  at  its  next  meeting. 

Reg.  27.  Discretionary  Powers  of  County  Super- 
intendent.— The  patrons  should  recommend  to  the 
Coimty  Superintendent  suitable  persons  for  Super- 
visors (Sec.  40.  Par  3d) ;  but  the  County  Superin- 
tendent may  exercise  some  discretion  in  nominating 
such  to  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for  appoint- 
ment (Sec.  44,  Par.  5th). 

Reg.  28.  Trustees   Supersede  Supervisors. — The 

position  of  Supervisor  is  superseded  by  a  Board  of 
Trustees,  when  a  school  district  becomes  a  special 
tax  district.  The  duties  prescribed  for  Supervisor 
shall  then  be  performed  by  the  Trustees. 

TEACHERS. 

Reg.  29.  Primary  Duties  of  Teachers. — Before 
beginning  a  school  a  teacher  must  exhibit  to  the 
County  Superintendent  a  certificate  unimpaired  by 
suspension,  revocation  or  limitation,  enter  into  a 
contract,  procure  a  register  and  all  necessary  blanks. 
He  must  keep  his  register  in  accordance  with  the 
printed  directions  therein,  and  must  make  out  his 
monthly  reports  in  strict  conformity  to  the  blanks 
furnished. 

Reg.  30.  Corporal  Punishment. — Teachers  are  no- 
tified that  there  is  nothing  in  the  school  laws  of  the 
State  prohibiting  the  infliction  of  corporal  punish- 
ment when  in  their  judgment  it  is  necessary;  Provid- 
ed, however.  That  such  punishment  shall  not  be  un- 
necessarily severe. 


106  REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS. 

TEACHERS'  CERTIFICATES. 

Reg.  31.  Prerequisites  far  State  Certificate. — Ap- 
plicants for  examination  for  State  certificates  must 
file  written  evidence  of  having  taught  at  least  twen- 
ty-four (24)  months  in  all,  eight  (8)  months  of  which 
time  must  be  shown  to  have  been  taught  successfully 
under  a  first  grade  certificate  obtained  in  this  State. 

Reg.  32.  For  Life  Certificate. — An  applicant  for 
any  life  certificate  must  present  endorsements  in 
conformity  to  law,  and  in  accordance  with  the  blanks 
furnished  by  the  State  Superintendent. 


Regulations  of  the  State  Board  of  Education 


REGARDING   HIGH   SCHOOLS  AND  RURAL 
GRADED  SCHOOLS. 


Regulation  1.  The  official  course  of  study  is  ap- 
proved and  will  be  required  of  all  schools  receiving 
State  aid. 

Reg.  2.  To  be  recognized  as  high  schools  within 
the  intent  of  this  act,  the  Board  will  require — 

(a)  That  the  teachers  employed  to  give  instruction 
therein  shall  be  competent  to  teach  the  subjects  re- 
quired by  the  official  course  of  study,  and  no  school 
will  be  granted  aid  unless  such  teachers  are  pro- 
vided. While  it  is  not  now  practicable  to  require 
all  such  teachers  to  hold  State  Certificates,  it  is  rec- 
ommended that  preference  always  be  given  by 
Boards  to  the  holders  of  such  certificates. 

(b)  A  junior  high  school  must  have  at  least  five 
pupils  in  the  two  grades.  A  senior  high  school  must 
have  at  least  three  or  more  pupils  in  one  or  both 
saiior  high  school  grades  in  addition  to  the  five  or 
more  in  the  junior  high  school  grades. 

{c)  High  schools  must  be  under  the  control  of  the 
County  Board,  but  this  does  not  exclude  the  advisory 
control  accorded  by  law  to  special  tax  district  trus- 
tees. 

(d)  The  high  school  principal  may  also  be  princi- 
pal of  an  elementary  school,  where  the  two  are  com- 
bined into  one,  consisting  of  ten  or  twelve  grades, 


108  REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS. 

but  otherwise  the  schools  must  be  independently  or- 
ganized, i.  e.,  the  high  school  grades  may  not  be 
absorbed  into  any  private,  sectarian  or  State  insti- 
tution. Pupils  enrolled  in  any  private,  sectarian 
or  State  educational  institution  must  not  be  counted 
in  a  high  school  for  purposes  of  securing  State  aid. 

Reg.  3.  Rural  graded  schools  must  be  three  or 
more  miles  from  any  town  or  city  of  more  than  500 
inhabitants,  but  may  be  located  within,  or  as  near  as 
may  be  desired,  to  any  town  of  less  than  500  inhabi- 
tants. 

Reg.  4»  In  determining  the  population  the  Board 
will  ordinarily  consider  the  latest  official  census  of 
permanent  citizens.  The  Board  reserves  the  right 
to  consider  the  school  district  as  constituting  the 
town  in  the  intent  of  the  law. 

Reg.  5.  The  Board  construes  the  legal  require- 
ment for  *Hwo  or  more  qualified  teachers'^  as  fol- 
lows: 

(a)  There  must  be  two  or  more  teachers  separately 
elected,  contracted  with  and  paid  by  the  County 
Board. 

(b)  Each  teacher  must  be  legally  licensed  accord- 
ing to  the  certification  laws. 

(c)  The  principal  of  a  graded  school  must  hold  a 
first  grade  or  State  or  Life  Certificate.  Aged  teach- 
ers '  certificates  shall  not  be  legal  except  for  primary 
or  intermediate  grades. 

Reg.  6.  Aid  will  not  be  granted  any  school  until 
the  County  Board  shall  have  appropriated  for  such 
school  an  amount  which  will,  with  the  State  aid 
applied  for,  maintain  the  school  for  eight  months  or 
longer. 

If  the  State  shall,  upon  investigation,  decline  to 
grant  aid  to  any  school,  it  will  not  be  required  of  the 


REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS.  109 

County  Board  to  maintain  such  school  for  the  full 
term  originally  provided  for. 

Reg.  7.  The  Board  reserves  the  right  to  reject, 
without  investigation,  any  application  for  State  aid, 
if  the  requirements  of  the  Board,  as  to  form  of  ap- 
plication, are  not  complied  with.  Questions  must 
be  answered  directly  and  without  equivocation  and 
all  information  required  must  be  given.  Any  eva- 
sion will  be  considered  as  an  admission  that  satis- 
factory answer  cannot  be  given,  and  the  Board  will 
presume  that  it  is  not  just  to  other  schools  of  the 
State  to  require  investigation  of  those  schools  not 
making  satisfactory  application. 

Reg.  8.  Application  should  be  made  as  early  as 
practicable  and  can  not  be  received  after  January 
1st. 

Reg.  9.  Section  13  of  this  Act  is  construed  to 
prohibit  schools  receiving  aid  twice  by  dividing  into 
parts,  changing  of  name  or  other  subterfuge,  that 
is,  no  school  can  receive  aid  both  as  a  Rural  Graded 
School  and  as  a  High  School. 

The  Board,  however,  recommends  the  establish- 
ment of  high  school  grades  in  connection  with  rural 
schools  wherever  the  population  of  the  district  or 
the  possibilities  of  transporting  pupils  make  such 
action  practicable.  Such  schools  may  receive  aid  as 
high  schools  but  not  as  both. 

Reg.  10.  The  State  Board  and  the  State  Super- 
intendent reserve  the  right  to  make  any  investiga- 
tion and  in  any  mianner  they  may  deem  necessary. 

Reg.  11.  That  the  Board  will  adhere  strictly  to 
the  regulation  that  aid  be  given  no  school  making 
an  average  attendance  of  less  than  fifty  (50)  pupils. 

Reg.  12.  That  State  aid  will  be  gi-anted  no  school 
unless  the  building  in  which  it  is  taught  is  owned 


110  REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS. 

by  the  sdiool  authorities  in  fee  simple  and  contains 
at  least  two  good  recitation  rooms. 

Reg.  13.  That  State  aid  will  not  be  granted  after 
July  1st,  1904,  to  any  school  unless  every  teacher 
therein  holds  a  legal  and  unexpired  certificate  issued 
in  Florida;  the  certificate  of  the  principal  of  a  high 
school  must  be  of  such  grade  as  to  show  that  he 
himself  is  qualified  to  teach  any  subject  in  the  high 
school  course  of  study;  the  principal  of  a  rural 
graded  school  shall  be  required  to  hold  at  least  a 
first  grade  certificate. 

Reg.  14.  That  aid  granted  to  each  school  be  ap- 
plied exclusively  to  that  school  by  the  County  Board 
of  Public  Instruction. 


LIST  OF  FORMS 

Prescribed  and  Used  in  the 

Educational  Department. 


FORMS  USED  IN  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  PUB- 
LIC INSTRUCTION. 

No.     1.    Report    of    the    Organization    of    County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

2.  Recommendation  of  School  Supervisor. 

3.  Appointment  of  School  Supervisor. 

4.  Acceptance  of  Appointment  as  School  Su- 

pervisor. 

5.  Notice  of  Election  of  School  Trustees. 

6.  Commission  of  a  School  Trustee. 

7.  Acceptance  of  a  School  Trustee. 

8.  Itemized  estimate  of  School  Trustees. 

9.  Endorsement  of  applicant  for  examination 

for  county  certificate. 

10.  Testimonial  of  applicant  for  examination 

for  Primary  Certificate. 

11.  Testimonial  of  applicant  for  examination 

for  special  certificate. 

12.  Application  for  examination  for  State  cer- 

tificate. 

13.  Endorsement  for  State  Life  Certificate. 

14.  Application  for  life*  extension  of  primary 

certificate. 

15.  Application  for  life  extension  of  first  grade 
\  certificate. 


112  LIST  OF  FORMS. 

16.  Application  for  first  grade  life  certificate. 

17.  Teacher's  character  certificate. 

18.  Teacher's  third   grade  certificate. 

19.  Teacher's  second  grade  certificate. 

20.  Teacher's  first   grade  certificate. 

21.  Teacher's  primary  certificate. 

22.  Teacher's  special  certificate. 

23.  Teachers  State  certificate. 

24.  Life  extension  of  first  grade  certificate. 

25.  First  grade  life  certificate. 

26.  Teacher's  State  life  certificate. 

27.  Endorsement  for  primary  certificate. 

28.  Suspension  or  revocation  of  teacher's  cer- 

tificate. 

29.  Award  of  Board  of  Public  Instruction  on 

charges  against  a  teacher,  on  appeal. 

30.  Contract  with  teacher. 

31.  Teacher's  monthly  report. 

32.  Teacher's  final  report. 

33.  Notice  of  suspension  of  pupil  by  teacher. 

34.  Notice  of  special  meeting  of  County  Board 

of  Public  Instruction. 

35.  Warrant  on  Treasurer  of  County  Board  of 

Public  Instruction. 

36.  Notice  to  County  Superintendent  of  appor- 

tionment of  school  funds. 

37.  Certificate  to  Comptroller  as  to  name  of 

County  Treasurer. 

38.  Eequisition  upon  Comptroller  for  appor- 

tionment, 

39.  Deed  by  husband  and  wife  to  school  prop- 

erty. 

40.  Contract  for  building  school  house. 

(The  following  blanks  are  omitted  in  this 
compilation  because  of  length:) 

41.  Monthly  reports  of  County  Superintendent 

and  Tax  Collector  of  poll  taxes. 


LIST  OF  FORMS.  113 

42.  Itemized  estimate  of  County  Board  of  Pub- 

lic Instruction. 

43.  Monthly   financial    statement    of    County 

Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

44.  Standard  course  of  study  for  public  high 

schools. 

45.  Annual  report  of  County  Superintendent. 

46.  Teacher's  daily  register  (for  60,  100,  or  200 

pupils). 
8  s  L 


KORIMS. 


No.  1. 

,190.... 

Report  of  the  Organization  of  County  Board  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction. 

County  of ,  State  of  Florida. 

,  Florida. 

Tke  members  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction 

of County,  elected  on  the 

day  of  November,  A.  D.  190 . . ,  were :    Mr 

of  (P.  0.) .  ^ ,  residing  in  and  for 

School  Board  District  No.  1 ;  Mr , 

of ,  residing  in  and  for  School 

Board  District  No.  2 ;  Mr ,  of 

J  residing  in  and  for  School  Board 

Bistrict  No.  3.    Of  these,  Messrs 

and ,  having  met  on  the  above  date 

in  the  office  of  the  County  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction,  and  each  for  himself,  having  presented 
his  commission  as  a  member  of  said  Board  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction  for  the  term  of  two  years  from  the 
first  Tuesday  after  the  first  Monday  in  January,  A. 
D.  190 . . ,  and  until  his  successor  is  elected  and  quali- 
fied, proceeded  to  complete  the  organization  of  said 
Board,  in  compliance  with  Section  342  General  Stat- 
utes of  Florida^  as  follows: 


FORMS.  ^  115 

On  motion  of  Mr ,  seconded  by  Mr. 

,  Mr was  elected  to  be 

Chairman  of  said  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for 
the  County  of ,  State  of  Florida. 

Mr ,  holding  commission  as  County 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  for  the  ensuing 

,  years,  appeared  in  person  at  said  meeting, 

and  assumed  his  duties  as  Secretary  of  said  Board, 
as  provided  by  law.  The  Board  thus  organized  then 

fixed  on after of  each 

month  as  the  day  for  holding  its  regular  meetings. 


Chairman. 

Attest: 

County  Superintendent  and  ex-officio  Secretary. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA, 

County  of 

Before  me,  a ,  personally  appeared 

and ,  both  to  me 

known,  who  being  each  duly  sworn,  say  that  the 
above  and  foregoing  account  of  the  proceedings  of 
the  organization  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion for  the  County  of ,  State  of 

Florida,  is  correct,  and  a  true  copy  of  the  original 
as  recorded  in  their  book  of  minutes. 


Chairman. 


Secretary  and  County  Superintendent. 

Sworn  to  and  subscribed  before  me  this day 

of ,  A.  D.  190... 


116  FORMS. 

No.  2. 

Recommendation  of  School  Supervisor. 

(P.  0.)  Fla. 

,  190.. 

To. 

County  Supt.  Pub.  Instruction. 

Sir: — ^Five  days'  notice  of  the  time,  place  and  pur- 
pose of  the  meeting  having  been  given  by  the  Super- 
visor, the  patrons  of  school  No ,  at , 

met  and  organized  by  the  election  of  the  undersigned 
as  Chairman  and  Secretary. 

After  ballot  of  the  patrons  only,  it  was  found  that 
a  majority  favored  the  appointment  of  Mr.  (or  Mrs.) 

,of (P.O.),  as 

Supervisor  of  said  school.    We  hereby  indorse 

as  a  person  of  good  moral  charac- 
ter, temperate,  upright,  responsible,  possessing  a 
fair  education,  and  as  one  who  will  perform  tht 
duties  of  the  oflfice  impartially  and  faithfully. 


Chairman. 
Secretary. 


No.  3. 
Appointment  of  School  Supervisor. 

Office  of  Board  of  Public  Instruction, 

County  of , 

.,Fla 190.. 

To 


Sir  (or  Madam) — ^Having  been  duly  recommended 
aad  indorsed  as  a  suitable  person  to  act  as  Super- 


FORMS.  117 

▼isor  of  school  No ,  situated  at , 

at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  held 
on  the day  of ,  190 . . ,  you  were  ap- 
pointed accordingly  (for  four  years,  or  to  fill  the  un- 
expired term  of ) ,  or  during  the 

faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  the  office. 

Blank  form  of  acceptance  herewith  inclosed  must 
be  signed  and  returned  within  ten  (10)  days,  or  tli« 
appointment  will  be  considered  rejected. 
Very  respectfully, 


Secretary  and  County  Superintendent. 


No.  4. 
Acceptajice  af  Appointment  of  School  Supenrisor. 

' ,Fla., 

,190.. 

To  , 

Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 
Sir — I  hereby  accept  the  appointment  as  School 

Supervisor  for  School  No ,  situated  at 

,  and  pledge  myself  to  perform  all  the  duties 

of  the  office  faithfully  and  impartially. 

Very  respectfully, 


No.  5. 

Notice  of  Election  of  School  Trustees. 

County  of ,  190.. 

State  of  Florida. 

To 

Co.  Supt.  and  Sec.  Board  Pub.  Inst. 
Sir — Whereas,  At  an  election,  notice  of  which  wa« 


m 


FORMS. 


given  as  required  by  law  for  four  consecutive  weeks, 
ordered  by  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction, 

and  held  on  the day  of ,  A,  D. 

190 . . ,  to  determine  whether  the  territory  fully  de- 
scribed in  a  petition  presented  to  said  Board  shall 
be  a  special  tax  school  district,  and  for  the  election 
of  three  Trustees  therefor,  and  to  determine  the  mill- 
age  to  be  assessed  and  collected  annually  during  the 
succeeding  two  years,  a  majority  of  the  electors,  resi- 
dent in  said  territory  and  qualified  according  to 
law,  did  vote  to  create  such  special  tax  school  dis- 
trict and  the  district  is  established;  therefore,  we, 
the  undersigned  inspectors  of  said  election,  do  rec- 
ommend as  entitled  to  receive  commissions  as  Tnis- 

tees  of  said  special  tax  school  district  No ,  and 

otherwise  known  as school  dis- 
trict, the  three  persons  named  below,  having  re- 
ceived the  highest  number  of  votes  cast  for  Trustees 
at  said  election. 


Names. 


Post-Office. 


8igned, 


Inspectors  of  Election. 


FORMS.  119 

No.  6. 

Commission  of  a  School  Trustee. 

Office  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction, 

State  of  Florida,  County  of  , 

, ,19.... 

To , 

,Fla. 

Having  been  duly  elected,  on  the  ....  day  of  ... , 

,  A.  D.  19 . . . ,  to  be  a  member  of  the  Board 

of  Trustees  in  and  for  special  tax  school  district  No. 

. . . . ,  otherwise  known  ....  as School 

District,  for  the  term  of  two  years  and  until  your 
successor  is  elected  and  qualified  according  to  law, 
you  are  hereby  commissioned  to  act  as  Trustee  for 
said  special  tax  school  district  during  the  faithful 
and  valuable  performance  of  the  duties  which  the 
position  devolves  upon  you — not  to  exceed  two  years, 
except  as  provided  herein. 

A  blank  form  of  acceptance  is  herewith  inclosed, 
which  please  fill  out  and  return  within  ten  (10)  days, 
or  the  position  will  be  declared  vacant  and  filled  by 
appoLQtment. 

By  order  of  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion. 


Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 


120  FORMS. 

No.  7. 

Acceptance  of  a  Sclaooi  Trustee. 

County  of , 

(P.O.), ,19.... 

To 

Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 

Sir — ^I  have  received  your  letter  of 

inclosing  commission  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion of  this  county  as  Trustee  of  special  tax  school 

district  No ,  called   School 

District. 

I  hereby  accept  this  position  and  pledge  myself  to 
perform  its  duties  impartially  and  faithfully. 
Very  respectfully, 

f 


No.  8. 

Itemized  Estimate  by  School  Trustees. 
f 

State  of  Florida, 

Special  Tax  District  No , 

County  of 

(P.O.), ,19.... 

To , 

Chairman  and  Members  Bd.  of  Com. 
Sirs — In  compliauce  with  the  law,  the  School  Trus- 
tees of  Special  Tax  School  District  No ,  known 

as  ... District,  hereby  submit  the  fol- 
lowing itemized  estimate  of  school  funds  necessary 
to  be  levied  as  a  special  tax  for  the  school  year  begin- 
ning July  1st,  19 .... ,  prorated  to  schools  and  for 
purposes  specified  as  follows: 


For  School. 
For  new   bmldinsr.  . .  . 

^ORMS. 

No.  i  No.  i  No.    No.  1 

No. 

1 

121 

No. 

For  reDairs 

....  1 .........  1 ....  1 

•     i 

•       i 

For    rent     of     school 
buildincr 

....  1  ....  1  ....  I  ...    . 
1                   1                   1 

...    ! 1.... 

For  insurance 

•         1                      1 .  .  .  . 

1 
...J 1.... 

For  school  librarv  .... 

1                      1 .  .  .  . 

1 
|....|.... 

For  text  books 

1      1      1 

.... 

For  salaries  of  teach- 
ers    

....  1 ....]....  1 ...  . 

1      ! 

1            1 

For      incidental      ex- 
penses   

i 
....1 

.... 

For  school  firmiture.  . 

1 

.  ..1 

For    all    other  school 
DurDOses  ...        ... 

1 
1 
1 

i            1 

! 

.... 

; 

Ill 

1 

Totals 

$...$...!$...$... 

1 

$... 

The  following  is  a  complete  statement  of  all  the 
railroad  and  telegraph  lines  located  within  the  said 
Special  Tax  School  District: 

Belonging  to R.  R.  Co.; miles  main 

track, miles  side  tracks,  etc. 

Belonging  to R.  R.  Co. ; miles  main 

track, miles  side  tracks,  etc. 

Belonging  to Telegraph  Co. ; miles 

one  wire, miles wires. 

Belonging  to ; miles 

one  wire, miles wires. 

We  hereby  certify  that  at  an  election  held  in  said 
Special  Tax  School  District  on  the  ....  day  of 


m  FORMS. 

,  19 . . .  . ,  it  was  determined  by  a  majority  of 

those  voting  that  a  special  tax  of  ....  mills  should 
be  assessed  and  collected  annually  during  the  suc- 
ceeding two  years  for  school  purposes,  on  the  prop- 
erty of  the  Special  Tax  School  District,  bounded  as 

follows:  Beginning  at  northeast  corner 

;  then  run  west  along to 

;  thence  south  along to 

;  thence  east  along to 

;  thence  north  along to 

starting  point;  and  your  honorable  body  is  hereby 
requested  to  make  the  above  levy. 
(Signed) 


y 

Trustees. 


A  copy  of  the  above  must  be  filed  with  the  Clerk 
of  the  Board  of  County  Commissioners,  one  with 
the  Comptroller  of  the  State,  and  one  with  the  Coun- 
ty Board  of  Public  Instruction. 


No.  9. 


Indorsement  of  Applicant  for  Examination  for  Coun- 
ty Certificate. 

Fla., 

,19.... 

To , 

Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 

Sir — This  is  to  certify  that  we  have  been  person- 
ally acquainted  with  the  bearer, ,  for 

years  and  commend, ....  to  you  as  a  per- 


FORMS.  123 

son  of  good  moral  character,  and  addicted  to  no 

habits  that  could  unfit  or  disqualify for  the 

position  of  teacher. 

Very  respectfully, 


No.  10. 


Testimonial  of  Applicant  for  Examination  for  Pri- 
mary Certificate. 

,  Fla., 

,  190.. 

To  Hon , 

State  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 

Sir — Being  personally  acquainted  with  M 

and  knowing  (1)  that  she  is  a  lady  of  good 

health,  cheerful  disposition,  possessing  an  innate 
love  for  children  and  tact  in  governing  them;  (2) 

that  she  has  received years  special  instruction 

in  primary  methods  and  practical  teaching  in 

Normal  School,  or  equivalent  instruction  at 

;  (3)  that  she  has  had years  (three 

required  if  she  has  had  normal  school  instruction; 
five,  if  without  same)  successful  experience  in  teach- 
ing in  primary  departments  in  the  schools  of  Flori- 
da; (4)  that  she  is  a  person  of  excellent  character, 
possessing  peculiar  fitness  for  successfully  teaching 
and  managing  small  children,  as  evidenced  by  her 
work  in  the  Primary  Department  of  the  school  at 
,  in  the  year ; 


124  FORMS. 

Therefore,  the  undersigned  indorse  the  said  appli- 
cant for  examination  for  a  Teacher's  Primary  Cer- 
tificate. 

Respectfully, 

,  County  Superintendent. 

,  Chn.  Bd.  Pub.  Instruction. 

,  Principal  of  School. 

(Of  school  where  she  last  taught.) 

,  County  Superintendent. 

,  Chn.  Bd.  Pub.  Instruction. 

,  Principal  of  School. 

(Of  school  taught  next  previous  to  the  last.) 


No.  11. 


TestimaniaJ  af  Applicajit  for  ExajniBation  for  Spe- 
cial Certificate. 

,Fla., 

,  190.. 

Hon , 

State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

Sir — ^Being  well  acquainted  with  M , 

and  having  personally  inspected work  in  the 

school  at ,  in  the  year 

,1  unhestitatingly  indorse  ....  as  a  person  of 

most  excellent  character,  and  especially  successful  as 

instructor  of  (name  the  subjects  or  branches) 

;  and  in  every  respect  worthy  aB 

a  teacher  and  character-builder  of  youth. 
Respectfully, 


(Give  post-office  address  and  official  position.) 


FORMS.  125 

No.  12. 

Application  for  Examination  for  State  Certificate. 

,Fla., 

,190.. 

Hon  .  , , 

State  Superintendent  of  Public  Insfruction. 
Sir — We,  the  undersigned,  have  been  personally 

well  acquainted  with  M for  the  past 

twenty-four  months,  and  cheerfully  testify  to 

good  character  and  success  as  a  teacher.  We  know 

of  our  own  knowledge  that   has  taught  for 

eight  months  under  a  First   Grade   Certificate  ob- 
tained in  Florida,  and  that was  eminently 

successful,  both  as  a  disciplinarian  and  preceptor; 
therefore,  we  commend to  you  for  examina- 
tion for  a  State  certificate. 
Respectfully, 


Co.  Supt.  under  whom  last  8  months  was  taught  in 
Florida. 


(Give  postoffice  address  and  official  position.) 


No.  13. 
Indorsement  for  State  Life  Certificate. 

,Fla., 

,190.. 

Hon , 

State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instructi6n. 
Sir — We,  the  undersigned,  each  of  us  the  holder  of 
a  State  Life  Certificate  granted  in  accordance  witli 


'^  FORMS. 

the  Laws  of  Florida,  being  well  and  personally  ac- 
quainted with  the  character  and  work  of  M 

,  a  holder  of  a  State  Certificate  issued  since 

January  1st,  A.  D.  1894,  and  knowing  that 

has  successfully  done  High  School  or  College  teach- 
ing in  this  State  for  a  period  of  thirty  months  under 
a  State  Certificate;  and  having  personally  observed 

methods  and  noted success,  both  in  the 

matter  of  instruction  and  discipline;  we  do  hereby 

indorse as  a  person  possessing  eminent  ability 

in  teaching  and  school  government,  and  worthy  and 
well  qualified  in  every  respect  to  receive  a  Teacher's 
State  Life  Certificate. 

Respectfully, 
(Give  post-office  address  and  official  position.) 


No.  14. 


Application  for  Life  Extension  of  Primary 
Certificate. 

,Fla., 

,190.. 

Hon , 

State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

Sir — ^Application  is  hereby  made  for  indorsement 
of  my  Primary  Certificate,  thereby  making  it  valid 
perpetually.   This   certificate  was  issued  by  Hon. 

,  State  Superintendent  of  Public 

IhStiniction,  on  the day  of ,  190. . ; 

and  I  have  taught  successfully  under  it  for  four 


FORMS.  127 

years  of  eight  months  each,  as  evidenced  by  the 
testimonials  and  official  signatures  attached  below. 
Respectfully, 

Hon , 

State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

T  cheerfully  commend  M as  an 

^eminently  successful  primary  teacher,  and  worthy 
that  her  present  Primary  Certificate  be  indorsed  by 
you  and  given  perpetual  validity. 

She  taught  under  my  supervision  eight  months  of 
each  of  the  years  190 . . ,  190 . . ,  and  190 . . ,  in  the 
graded  school. 

f 

Supt.  Pub.  Inst County. 

She  taught  under  my  supervision  eight  months  of 
each  of  the  years  190 . . ,  190 . . ,  and  190 . . ,  in  the 
^ graded  school. 

f 

Supt.  Pub.  Inst County. 

Xote. — Continue,  so  as  to  show  where  the  teaching 
was  done,  and  to  get  the  indorsement  of  each  County 
Superintendent  under  whom  done  for  four  last  years. 


No.  15. 


Application   for   Life   Extension   of   First    Grade 
Certificate. 

,Fla., 

,190.. 

To , 

County  Supt.  Pub.  Instruction. 
Sir— Application  is  hereby  made  for  indorsement 
Off  my  First  Grade  Teacher's  Certificate,  making  it 


128  FORMS. 

perpetually  valid  in  this  county  during  my  lif^, 
unless  revoked  for  cause,  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  the  law. 

Evidences  of  my  eligibility  for  this  extension  are 
appended  hereto,  and  I  hereby  certify  of  my  own 
positive  knowledge  that  each  and  every  statement 
made  hereinafter  is  correct  and  true  in  every  par- 
ticular. 

Eespectfully, 

J 

Sworn  to  and  subscribed  b«- 
(Seal  of  Official.)       fore  me  this  ....  day  of  ...  . 
190.. 


(The  above  certificate  must  be  signed  and  sworn 
to  in  the  presence  of  an  officer  duly  authorized  to 
administer  oaths.) 

Sworn  Statements  Submitted  in  Evidence. 

1.  Enclosed  herewith  is  an  unexpired  First  Grade 

Teacher  ^s  Certificate,  issued  by County 

Superintendent  of county,  dated 

,  A.  D.  190.  .  and  bearing  grades  as 

follows:  Orthography  per  cent.,  Reading, 

per  cent.,  Arithmetic per  cent.,  English 

Grammar per  cent..  United  States  History 

per  cent.,  Geography  ....  per  cent.,  Physiol- 
ogy   per  cent..  Agriculture per  cent., 

Theory  and  Practice  of  Teaching  ....  per  cent..  Com- 
position ....  per  cent..  Civil  Government  ....  per 
cent.,  Algebra  ....  per  cent..  Physical  Geography 
per  cent.,  Average  grade  ....  per  cent. 

2.  I  have  taught  in  Florida  the  requisite  twenty 
years  as  follows:  (Give  the  number  of  months  taught 


FORMS.  129 

-  ...    .-  j 

and  the  place  at  which  you  taught  each  year.  Th€ 
year  numbered  representing  only  the  year  in  which 
the  terms  began.) 

1880,  at ,  in County, months. 

1881,  at ,  in County, months, 

(Continue  the  years  thus  down  to  the  present.) 

3.  I  have  taught  nine  years  in  this  State  as  shown 
above,  under  certificates  issued  since  January  1st, 
A.  D.  1894,  and  under  the  Laws  of  Florida,  as  shown 
below,  as  follows : 

Grade,  dated 189 . . . ,  issued  in 

Co.,  Average  Grade per  cent. 

Grade,  dated 189 . . . ,  issued  in 

Co.,  Average  Grade  ....  per  cent. 
Grade,  dated 190. . . ,  issued  in. . . . 

Co.,  Average  Grade  ....  per  cent. 
Grade,  dated 190 .  . . ,  issued  in 

Co.,  Average  Grade  ....  per  cent. 

4.  Attached  hereto  are  certificates  in  the  form 
prescribed  by  the  State  Department,  attesting  to 
my  moral  character,  faithfulness  and  success  as  an 
instructor  and  disciplinarian,  from  the  following 
persons : 

Name  Occupation  or  Position.      Post-office. 


5.  If  further  examination  be  required,  or  if  further 
evidence  of  my  eligibility  to  life  extension  of  my 
First  Grade  Certificate  is  desired,  please  notify  me 
of  the  time  and  place  of  the  examination,  or  what 
evidence  is  desired  at  the  following  address: 

Fla. 

9  S  L 


130  FORMS. 

Nate.— A  regulation  of  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion requires  that  this  application  be  made  in  dupli- 
cate and  one  copy  be  filed  with  the  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction. 


No.  16. 
Application  for  Life  Certificate  of  First  Grade. 

,Fla., 

,190.. 

To , 

County  Supt.  Pub.  Instruction, 

Fla. 

Sir — Application  is  hereby  made  for  a  First  Grade 
Life  Certificate,  ^  *  good  in  any  part  of  the  State  and 
of  perpetual  validity  in  the  county  where  such  en- 
dorsement is  made,^'  (unless  revoked  for  cause),  in 
compliance  with  the  provisions  of  the  law. 

Evidences  of  my  eligibility  for  this  certificate  are 
appended  hereto,  and  I  hereby  certify  of  my  own 
positive  knowledge  that  each  and  every  statement 
made  hereinafter  is  correct  and  true  in  every  par- 
ticular. 

Eespectfully, 

Sworn  to  and  subscribed  be- 

(Seal  of  Official.)       fore  me  this day  of 

,  190.. 

(The  above  certificate  must  be  signed  and  sworn 
to  in  the  presence  of  an  officer  authorized  to  admin- 
ister oaths.) 


FORMS.  131 

SWOEN  STATEMENTS  SUBMITTED  IN 
EVIDENCE. 

1.  Enclosed  herewith  are  two  First  Grade  Teach- 
er's Certificates,  each  issued  hy  the  County  Superin- 
tendent given  and  bearing  grades  as  follows : 

(a)  The  latest  Certificate,  issued  by , 

County  Superintendent  of County,  dated 

,  190 . . ,  bearing  grades  as  follows :  Or- 
thography, ....  per  cent.;  Reading,  ....  per  cent.; 

Arithmetic, per  cent. ;  English  Grammar, 

per  cent. ;  United  States  History,    per  cenl. ; 

Geography,    ....    per  cent. ;  Physiology,    per 

cent. ;  Agriculture,  ....  per  cent. ;  Theory  and  Prac- 
tice of  Teaching,  ....  per  cent. ;  Composition, 

per  cent. ;  Civil  Government, per  cent. ;  Alge- 
bra,    per  cent. ;  Physical  Geography,   

per  cent. ;  Average  Grade per  cent. 

(b)  The  Certificate  before  the  last,  issued  by. . . . 

,  County  Superintendent  of 

County,  dated ,  189 . . ,  bearing  the  follow- 
ing grades :  Orthography,   per  cent. ;  Reading, 

....  per  cent. ;  Arithmetic, per  cent. ;  English 

Grammar,  ....  per  cent. ;  United  States  History, 

per  cent. ;  Geography, per  cent. ;  Physiology, 

....  per  cent. ;  Agriculture,  ....  per  cent. ;  Theory 
and  Practice  of  Teaching,  ....  per  cent. ;  Composi- 
tion,        per  cent. ;  Civil  Government,    per 

cent. ;  Algebra, per  cent. ;  Physical  Geography, 

....  per  cent. ;  Average  Grade, per  cent. 

2.  I  have  taught  school  in  this  State  for  six  years 
under  First  Grade  Certificates,  as  follows:  (Give 
the  number  of  months  taught  and  the  place  at  which 
you  taught  each  year.  The  year  number  represent- 
ing only  the  year  in  which  the  term  began.) 


132  FORMS. 

1898,  at ,  in CJo., months. 

1899,  at ,  in Co., months. 

1900,  at ,  in Co., months. 

1901,  at ,  in Cn., months. 

1902,  at ,  in Co., months. 

1903,  at ,  in Co., months. 


No.  17. 

Teacher's  Character  Certificate. 

(To  be  filed  with  Applications  for  First  Grade  Life 
Certificate  or  Extensions.) 

(To  be  filed  permanently  in  Office  of  County  Super- 
intendent. ) 

,  Fla., 

,190.. 

I  hereby  certify  that  of  my  own  personal  and  posi- 
tive knowledge  that  M has  taught 

school  at ,  in  the  County  of ,  State 

of  Florida,  during  all  or  a  part  of  each  of  the  follow- 
ing years:  (Give  dates  here) 

I  further  certify  that  being (specify  official 

position  as  Superintendent,  Supervisor;  or  relation 
to  school  as  patron,  neighbor,  etc.),  I  was  in  a  posi- 
tion to  know  of  the  general  success  of teach- 
ing and  discipline,  and  that  I  do  know,  that  in  both 

was  uniformly  and  eminently  faithful  and 

successful. 

I  further  certify  that  I  have  known  the  above 

named  teacher  for   years,  and  am  familiar 

with personal  and  social  life,  and  I  am  con- 

Tinced  that  possesses  good  moral  character 


FORMS.  133 

and  has  no  bad  habits  or  traits  of  character  which 

would  interfere  with  the  success  of work  as  a 

teacher  of  children. 

I  further  certify  that  I  believe is  worthy  of 

a  lifelong  permit  to   teach   in  this   county  without 

further  examination  and  hereby  recommend 

for  such  permit. 


Fla. 


Regulation  of  the  State  Board  of  Education, 
adopted  November  17th,  1903 : 

Ordered,  *^That  all  applications  for  Life  Exten- 
sion of  First  Grade  Certificates,  shall  be  made  in  du- 
plicate, and  one  copy  filed  by  the  applicant  with  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  when  the 
other  copy  is  filed  with  the  County  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction;  also  that  each  and  every 
County  Superintendent  shall  give  immediate  notice, 
on  form  prescribed,  to  the  State  Superintendent  of 
every  Life  Extension  given  a  First  Grade  Certificate 
and  of  every  Life  Grade  Certificate  by  him  issued." 


No.  18. 

Teacher's  Third  Grade  Certificate. 

Note. — The  different  grades  of  Certificates  are 
lithographed  and  issued  in  books  of  100  each,  with 
stubs.  Stubs  in  all  cases  must  be  filled  out  as  indi- 
cated. 


134  FORMS. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No (Seal  of  State.)  For  2  Years. 

Teacher's  Certificate — Third  Grade. 
To  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of County : 

This  certifies  that having  presented  the 

requisite  endorsement  of  good  moral  character,  and 
having  been  legally  examined  and  found  to  possess 
the  qualifications  for  a  Third  Grade  Teacher,  as  pre- 
scribed in  the  Act  to  Provide  for  the  Certification  of 
Teachers  and  to  Prescribe  Requirements  for  the  Va- 
rious Grades  of  Certificates,  is  hereby  authorized  to 
contract  with  your  Honorable  Board  to  teach  in  the 

puublic  schools  of  this county,  for  two  years 

from  this  date. 

Given  under  my  hand,  this  ....  day  of  . . . . ,  190 . . 


Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst Co. 


Standing  on  examination.  Scale  100:  Orthography 
,  Reading  . . . . ,  Arithmetic ,  English  Gram- 
mar   ,  U.  S.  History ,  Geography ,  Physi- 
ology   ,  Agriculture ,  Theory  and  Practice  of 

Teaching  . . .  . ,  Composition  . . . . ,  General  Averaga 


N.  B. — No  candidate  can  be  awarded  this  certi- 
Meate  who  fails  to  make  a  general  average  of  60  per 
•ent.,  or  falls  in  any  branch  below  40  per  cent. 

(It  may  be  endorsed  by  any  County  Superintend 
«lent,  and  so  endorsed  becomes  good  for  its  unex- 
pired term  in  such  county.) 


FORMS.  135 

Form  of  Stub  to  Third  Grade  Certificate. 

No Date  of  issue ,  190. .  To 

Sex ,Eace ,  Age ,  Home  P.  0 

Certificate  expires 

Standing  on  examination,  scale  100:  (Same  as  in 
body  of  certificate.) 


No.  19. 

Teacher's  Second  Grade  Certificate. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No (Seal  of  State.)  For  4  Years. 

Teacher's  Certificate — Second  Grade. 
To  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction County: 

This  certifies  that ,  having  presented 

the  requisite  endorsement  of  good  moral  character, 
and  having  been  legally  examined  and  found  to  pos- 
sess the  qualifications  for  a  Second  Grade  Teacher, 
as  prescribed  in  the  Act  to  Provide  for  the  Certifica- 
tion of  Teachers,  and  to  Prescribe  Requirements  for 
the  Various  Grades  of  Certificates,  is  hereby  author- 
ized to  contract  with  your  Honorable  Board  to  teach 

in  the  public  schools  of  this county,  for  four 

years  from  this  date. 

Given  under  my  hand  this  the  . .  day  of , 

190..  

Supt.  of  Public  Inst., Co. 

Standing  on  examination.  (Subjects  same  as  for 
Third  Grade).  Scale  100. 

N.  B. — No -candidate  can  be  awai-ded  this  certifi- 
cate who  fails  to  make  a  general  average  of  75  per 
cent.,  or  falls  in  any  branch  below  60  per  cent. 


136  FORMS. 

(It  may  be  endorsed  by  any  County  Superinten- 
dent, and  so  endorsed  becomes  good  for  its  unex- 
pired term  in  sucji  county.) 

Form  of  Stub  for  Second  Grade  Certificate. 

No Date  of  issue ,  190. .  To 

Sex Race Age Home  P.  0 

Certificate  expires ,  190 . . 

Standing  on  examination.  (Same  as  in  body  of  cer- 
tificate.) Scale,  100. 


No.  20.  ! 

Teacher's  First  Graxie  Certificate. 
STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No .... . (Seal  of  State.)  For  5  Years. 

Teacher's  Certificate — ^First  Grade. 
To  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction,  Greeting: 

Be  it  known  that having  presented  the 

requisite  endorsement  of  good  moral  character,  and 
having  passed  satisfactory  examination  as  pre- 
scribed in  the  Act  to  Provide  for  the  Certification  of 
Teachers,  and  to  Prescribe  Requirements  for  the 
Various  Grades  of  Certificates,  is  therefore  entitled 
to  the  rank  of  First  Grade  Teacher,  and  is  hereby 

licensed  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of 

county  for  the  term  of  five  years  from  date. 

Given  under  my  hand  this  ....  day  of  .  . .  . ,  190 .  . 

'■  f    ■ 

Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst., Co. 


FORMS.  137 

Standing  on  examination.  Scale  of  100:  Orthog- 
raphy   ,  Reading  ,  Arithmetic   , 

English  Grammar  ,    United    States   History 

,  Geography ,  Physiology ,  Agri- 
culture    ,  Theory  and  Practice  of  Teaching 

.  . . . ,  Composition ,  Civil  Government , 

Algebra ,  Physical  Geography ,  General 

Average 

(This  certificate  may  be  endorsed  upon  the  re- 
verse side  by  any  County  Superintendent,  and  so  en- 
dorsed becomes  good  for  its  unexpired  term  in  such 
county.) 

Form  of  Stub  for  First  Grade  Certificate. 

No Issued ,  190. .  To Sex 

Eace Age Home  P.  0 No.  months 

taught Grade  of  last  certificate Where 

issued Date  of  same 

Standing  on  examination.  Scale  100.  (Same  as  in 
body  of  certificate.) 


No.  21. 

Teacher's  Primaiy  Certificate. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

N© (Seal  of  State.)  For  4  Years. 

Teacher's  Primary  Certificate. 
Office  of  Superintendent  Public  Instruction, 

Tallahassee,   ,  190 . . 

To  County  Boards  of  Public  Ingtruction : 

Whereas,  The  bearer,   ,  has  presented 

Mitiafactory  testimonials  as  to  her  peculiar  fitness 


138  FORMS. 

for  Primary  teacliing,  and  has  passed  examinations, 
written  on  primary  studies  and  oral  and  written  on 
primary  methods,  as  prescribed  in  the  Act  to  Provide 
for  the  Certification  of  Teachers  and  to  Prescribe 
Requirements  for  the  Various  Grades  of  Certificates, 
this  Primary  Certificate  is  hereby  issued  authoriz- 
ing her  to  teach  for  four  years  from  the  date  hereof, 
in  the  first,  second  and  third  grades,  only  of  the 
Primary  Department  of  a  regularly  graded  school, 
or  public  Kindergarten. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  State  Board 
of  Education,  this  ....  day  of ,  190  . . 


State  Supt.  of  Public  Instruction. 


Grades  on  examination :  Arithmetic ,  Gram- 
mar   ,  Composition ,  Geography , 

History ;  Average ;  Primary  Methods, 

oral  ......;  Primary  Methods,  written ;  Gen- 
eral Average 

Form  of  Stub  for  Primary  Certificate. 

No Date  of  issue ,  190. .  To 

Race Age Years  instruction  received  in 

Primary  Methods  Where  Years  ex- 
perience teaching  in  Primary  Departments  in  Flor- 
ida    Home  P.  0 Last  certificate  was 

,  Grade  issued  in county,  by , 

dated ,  190.. 

Grades  on  examination.  (Same  as  in  body  of  cer- 
tificate.) 


FORMS.  139 

No.  22. 

Teacher's  Special  Certificate. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No (Seal  of  State.)  For  5  Years. 

Office  of  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 

Tallahassee, ,  190.  .i 

To  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction: 

Whereas,  The  bearer, ,  has  furnished 

satisfactory  testimonials  as  to  ....  peculiar  fitness 
for  teaching:  certain  branches  not  included  in  the  re- 
quirements for  Second  Grade  Certificates,  and  has 
made  a  firrade  of  not  less  than  Ninety  per  cent,  in 
written  examination  on  each  of  the  following 
branches : 

per  cent., per  cent., per  cent. 

per  cent., per  cent., per  cent. 

as  prescribed  in  the  Act  to  Provide  for  the  Certifica- 
tion of  Teachers  and  to  Prescribe  Requirements  for 

the  Various  Grades  of  Certificates; 

• 

Therefore,  This  Special  Certificate  is  issued,  au- 
thorizing        to  teach  the  special  branches 

above,  and  these  only,  anywhere  in  the  State,  for  five 
years  fro  in  the  date  hereof. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  State  Board 
of  Education  this dav  of 190.  . 


State  Supt.  of  Public  InstructicwQ. 


14«  FORMS. 

Form  of  Stub  for  Special  Certificate. 

Special  Certificate,  No ... .  Date  of  issue , 

190. .  To Race Sex Age 

Home  P.  O Last  certificate  was 

Grade.  Where  issued Dated 

Standing  on  examination;   (Same  as  in  body  of 
this  certificate. ) 


No.  23. 

Teacher's  State  Certificate. 

STATE  OP  FLORIDA. 

N# (Seal  of  State.)  For  5  Years. 

Teacher's   State  Certificate. 
Office  of  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 

Tallahassee, ,  190. . 

To  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction: 

Whereas,  The  bearer, ,  has  presented  evi- 
dence to  show  that  .  . .  •  •  has  taught  successfully  at 
least  twenty-four  months  in  all,  eight  months  under 
a  First  Grade  Certificate  obtained  in  this  State,  and 

that is  a  person  of  good  moral  character, 

possessing  ability  to  govern  and  aptness  to  teach, 
aod  has  passed  an  examination  conducted  by  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  as  pre- 
scribed in  the  Act  to  Provide  for  the  Certification 
of  Teachers  and  to  Prescribe  Requirements  for  the 

Tarious  Grades  of  Certificates, is  hereby 

Mceosed  to  teach  in  any  county  in  this  State,  and  ex- 


FORMS.  141 

empt  from  further  examination  for  five  years  from 
date. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  State  Board 
©f  Education,  this  the day  of ,  190 . . 


State  Supt.  of  Public  Instruction. 
Standing  on  examination.  Scale  of  100:  Geometry 

,  Trigonometry ,  Physics , 

Zoology ,  Botany ,  Latin , 

Khetoric ,  English  Literature ,  Psy- 
chology'-   ,  General  History ,  Aver- 
age   

Form  of  Stub  to  this  Certificate. 

State  Certificate,  No Date  of  issue 

190...  To Sex Eace Age 

Home  P.  0 Last  certificate  was 

Grade  Issued  from coimty, 

Dated ,  190.. 

Standing  on  examination.   (Same  as  in  body  of 
cei-tificate.) 


No.  24. 

Life  Extension  of  First  Grade  Certificate. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA    Perpetual 

in  County 

No (Seal  of  State.)  Where  Endorsed. 

Life  Extension  of  First  Grade  Teacher's  Certificate. 
Whereas, is  the  holder  of  an  unexpired 


142  FORMS. 

First  Grade  Certificate,  issued  under  the  laws  of  this 
State,  and  has  presented  satisfactory  evidence,  in 
the  manner  prescribed  by  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, that has  taught  school  successfully  for 

twenty  years  in  this  State,  nine  of  these  years  under 
certificates  issued  since  Januaury  1st,  A.  D.  1894; 

and  that is  of  good  moral  character,  and 

faithful  and  successful  as  an  instructor  and  discip- 
linarian; 

Therefore,  I  hereby  endorse  the  said  First  Grade 
Certificate,  making  it  perpetually  valid  during  the 

life  of  the  holder  in  this county,  by  issuing 

this  instrument. 

Witness  my  hand  this  the  ....  day  of  ....  190. . 


Supt.  of  Public  Instruction. 

County. 

Witness  my  hand  this  the  ....  day  of ,  190 . . 


Supt.  of  Public  Instruction. 
County. 


Grades  on  Certificate  Endorsed. 

Orthography ,  Reading ,  Arithmetic 

,  English  Grammar   ,  History   , 

Geography ,  Physiology ,  Agriculture 

,  Theory  and  Practice   ,  Composition 

,  Civil  Government  ,  Algebra   , 

Physical  Geography ;  Average 

N.  B. — This  instrument  of  endorsement  must  be 
attached  to  the  certificate  upon  which  it  is  issued. 

Form  of  Stub  for  Above  Certificate. 

Life  Extension  of  First  Grade  Certificate,  No , 

Endorsed ,  190. .,  Holder ,  Sex , 

Race ,  Age ,  Years  taught  in  Florida 


FORMS.  143 

,  Years  taught  on  Certificates  issued  since 

Jan.  1,  1894  . . ,  Home  P,  O ,  Where  en- 
dorsed Certificate  was  issued county,  By 

whom    ,   County  Superintendent,  Date  of 

same ,  190 . . 

Grades  on  Certificate  endorsed.  (Same  as  in  body 
of  Certificate  above.) 


No.  25. 

First  Grade  Life  Certificate. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No (Seal  of  State.)  Perpetual. 

First  Grade  Life  Certificate. 

Whereas,  The  bearer,  ,  has  pre- 
sented satisfactory  evidence  that has  taught 

school  in  this  Stale  for  six  years  under  First  Grade 
Certificates  issued  since  January  1st,  A.  D.  1894,  the 
average  grade  of  such   Certificates   being  not  less 

than  ninety  per  cent. ;  and  that is  of  good 

moral  character  and  faithful  and  successful  as  an 
instructor  and  disciplinarian ; 

Therefore,  I  hereby  issue  to this  First  Grade 

Life  Certificate,  *  *  good  in  any  part  of  the  State,  and 
of  perpetual  validity  in  the  county  where  such  en- 
dorsement is  made.** 

Given  under  my  hand  this  ....  day  of ,  190 . . 

•  • » 

Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst  of County. 


144  FORMS. 

Grades  of  Last  Two  Certificates  on  Which  This  Life 
Certificate  is  Based. 

Last  issued  by County  Superintendent  oi 

^County,   ,  190.. 

Orthography ,  Heading ,  Arithmetic 

,  English  Grammar ,  U.  S.  History 

,  Geography, ,  Physiology ,  Agri- 
culture   ,  Theory  and  Practice ,  Compo- 
sition   ,  Civil  Government ,  Algebra , 

Physical  Geography ;  General  Average 

Next  to  last  issued  by ,  County  Superin- 
tendent of County, ,  190 .  . 

Orthography ,  Reading ,  Arithmetic 

,  English  Grammar ,  U.  S.  History 

,  Geography ,  Physiologj^ ,  Agri- 
culture   ,  Theory  and  Practice ,  Compo- 
sition   ,  Civil  Government ,  Algebra , 

Physical  Geography ;  General  Average 

Form  of  Stub  for  Above  Certificate. 

No ,  Issued ,  190. .,  To 

Sex  .......  Race ,  Age ,  Years  taught 

in  life ,  Home  P.  O. .  .  .  •. ' 

Grades  of  last  two  Certificates  on  which  this  Life 
Certificate  is  based:  (Same  as  in  body  of  Certificate.) 


No.  26. 

Teacher  sStat^,  Life  Certificate. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No (Seal  of  State.)  Perpetual. 

Teacher  ^s  State  Life  Certificate. 

Alios  Docendo  Discimus. 

The  eminent  qualifications  of ,  as  a  teacher 

of  youth,  having  been  shown  by distinguished 


FORMS.  145 

i 

success  in  the  schools  of  this  State,  and  having  pre- 
sented the  requisite  endorsements  and  testimonials 

as  provided  by  the  Laws  of  Florida,  is 

therefore  awarded  this  Diploma,  which  is  of  perpet- 
ual validity  and  forever  exempts from 

further   examination   as   a   teacher   in   the   public 
schools  of  this  State. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education,  at  the  city  of  Tallahassee,  this 
day  of ,  190.. 


Supt.  of  Public  Instruction. 
(Seal  State  Board  of  Education.) 


•     No.  27. 

Endorsement  for  Primary  Certificates. 

Office  of  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 
Tallahassee, ,  190.. 

Whereas,  The  bearer, ,  has  pro- 
duced the  requisite  endorsements  and  filed  satisfac- 
tory evidence  from  the  County  Superintendents 
under  whom  she  has  successfully  taught  four  years 
in  this  State  under  a  primary  Certificate;  therefore; 
in  consideration  of  her  eminent  qualifications  as  a 
Primary  Teacher,  and  by  authority  vested  in  me  by 
the  Laws  of  Florida,  I  hereby  endorse  her  Primary 
Certificate,  making  it  valid  during  the  life  of  the 
holder,  and  securing  to  her  the  privilege  of  teaching, 
without  further  examination,  in  the  first,  second  and 

10  s  L 


146  FORMS. 

third  grades  only,  of  the  primary  departments  of 
regularly  graded  schools,  or  in  public  Kindergar- 
tens, in  the  State  of  Florida. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  State  Board 
of  Education  this day  of 190. . 


7 

State  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 


No.  28. 

Suspension  or  Revocation  of  Teacher's  Certificate. 

Office  of  Board  of  Pub.  Inst., 

County  of 

,  190.. 

To , 

,Fla. 

Dear : — It  is  my  unpleasant  duty  to 

inform  you  that  certain  charges  have  been  pre- 
ferred against  you,  on  apparently  sufficient  grounds, 

alleging  that (state  the  charges  plainly 

and  briefly) in  consequence  of  which 

your  certificate  to  teach  a  public  school  is  hereby  de- 
clared    (suspended  or  revoked,  as  the 

case  may  be),  and  the  right  to  teach  a  public  school 
in  this  State,  as  well  as  the  privileges  conferred  by 

^.said  Certificate,  are (suspended 

?or  revoked,  as  the  case  may  require),  until  further 
^  ^^tice. 


FORMS.  147 

You  are  notified  that  you  have  the  right  of  appeal 

to  the Board  of  Education  on , 

190.. 

Very  respectfully, 


Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst. 


No.  29. 


Award  of  Board  of  Public  Instruction  on  Charge* 
Against  a  Teacher,  on  Appeal. 


Office  of , 

190 


To 


Teacher. 


After  a  fair  and  careful  examination,  on  appeal, 

of  the  charges  preferred  against  you  by 

to-wit : (recite  the  charges  plainly 

and  briefly) it  appears  to  this 

Board  that ,  (state  the  conclusion 

of  the  Board) you  are  hereby 

honorably  acquitted  and  con- 
tinued in  your  position  (or  censured  and  discharged^ 

as  the  case  may  be.)    Your  salary  will 

(be  continued  from  the  time  of  your  suspension,  or 
will  not  be  continued,  in  case  the  suspension  is  con- 
firmed or  certificate  revoked). 


Chairman. 


I 

Sec.  and Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 


148  FORMS. 

No.  30. 

Contract  With  Teacher. 

This  contract,  made  on  this day  of ,  190 . . , 

at ,  by  and  between , 

Teacher,  and  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for 

the  County  of. ,  State  of  Florida;  witness- 

eth: 

That  the  said agrees  to  teach  the 

Public  School  No at ,  or  such 

other  Public  School  as  the  Board  may  elect,  com- 
mencing on  the day  of ,190. ., 

for  the  term  of months,  and  to  perform 

well  and  faithfully  the  duties  of  Teacher,  according 
to  the  Laws  of  the  State  and  the  Regulations  of  the 
Department  of  Public  Instruction  of  Florida,  and 
the  Rules  and  Regulations  of  the  Board  of  Public 
Instruction  of county. 

The  said  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of 

county,  for  and  in  consideration   of  the  services 

being  so  rendered,  agrees  to  pay  said 

the  sum  of dollars  per  school  month, 

and  to  give  such  further  aid  as  the  law  requires. 

Provided,  The  Board  may  raise  the  salary  or 
lengthen  the  term  specified  in  this  contract,  or  if  the 
average  attendance  of  such  school  for  any  month 
shall  fall  below per  cent,  of  the  largest  en- 
rollment during  the  year,  or  if  said  Teacher  fails  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  contract,  then  the 
Board  may  lessen  the  salary,  shorten  the  time  speci- 
fied herein,  or  annul  this  contract  altogether. 

(Signed) , 

Teacher. 


Co.  Supt.  and  Sec. — ^By  order  of  Bd.  of  Pub.  Inst. 
Witness: 


FORMS.  149 

N.  B. — The  original  must  be  filed  in  the  office  of 
the  County  Superintendent,  who  may  give  any 
teacher  a  duplicate  if  demanded. 

(Nos.  31  and  32  omitted  on  account  of  length.) 


No.  33. 

Notice  of  Suspension  of  Pupil  by  Teacher. 

School  No 

,190.. 

To , 

School  Supervisor  (or  Trustee). 

I  regret  to  be  compelled  to  inform  you  that  under 
the  provision  of  the  school  law  (Sec.  72,  Par.  5th),  I 
have  found  it  necessary,  for  the  good  of  the  school, 
to  suspend (name  pupil)  from  at- 
tendance at  school  for (not  exceed- 
ing ten)  days.      The  cause  for  such  suspension  is 

Have  the  kindness  to  call  on  me  at 

your  earliest  convenience,  to  extend  such  aid  and 
advice,  and  take  such  further  action  as  you  may 
judge  proper,  according  to  the  law. 
Very  respectfully, 

,  Teacher. 

Note. — The  teacher  must  also  give  immediate  no- 
tice to  the  parents  or  guardian  of  the  pupil.  (Sec.  72, 
Par.  5th).  This  may  be  done  by  modifying  the  above 
form,  but  is  always  best  done  in  person. 

At  the  interview,  the  teacher  should  carefully 
avoid  finding  needless  fault  with  the  child,  and 
should  manifest  such  kindly  spirit  toward  both  par- 
ent and  child  as  should  satisfy  them  that  the  suspen- 


150  FORMS. 

sion  was  not  prompted  by  any  malice,  bnt  only  for 
the  reformation  of  the  pupil  and  the  good  of  the 
school. 

Indeed,  a  frank  interview  with  the  parent  or 
guardian  in  advance  of  suspension  would  often 
render  a  resort  to  such  a  measure  unnecessary. 

In  all  cases  of  suspension,  the  teacher  must  re- 
port the  matter,  with  the  facts,  both  to  the  Supervi- 
sor (or  Trustee)  and  parent.  The  Supervisor  (or 
Trustee)  must  review  all  suspensions  and  report  the 
same  promptly  to  the  County  Superintendent,  whose 
action  on  the  matter  shall  be  final. 


No.  34. 


Notice  of  Special  Meeting  of  County  Board  of  Public 
Instruction. 

Office  of  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 

County  of , 

,  190.. 

To , 

Member  County  Board  Public  Instruction. 

Sir — I  have  the  honor  to  request  your  attendance 
at  a  special  meeting  of  the  County  Board  of  Public 

Instruction,  to  be  held  at ,  on  the. . . .  .day 

of ,at  the  hour  of (a.  m. 

or  p.  m.),  for  the  purpose  of (state  the  object 

of  the  meeting). 


Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 


FORMS.         _  151 

No.  35. 

Warrant  on  Treasurer  of  County  Board  of  Public 
Instruction. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No To  the  Treasurer  of County 

Board  Public  Instruction. 

Pay  to  the  order  of 

Dollars. 

(Seal  of  State.) 
From  any  moneys  belonging  to  the  County  School 

Fund,  for  services  as  teacher  in  School  No at 

Given  at ,  Florida, 

this day  of ,  190. . 

$ 

Countersigned  by 


Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst.      Chair.  Co.  Bd.  Pub. 

Instruction. 
Form  of  Stub. 

School  Warrant,  No ,  $ ,  Issued ,  190. . 

To ,  Teacher  of  School  No ,  at 

Payable  out  of  County  School  Fund.    For  salary 
month.    Received  by  me 


No.  36. 


Notice  to  County  Superintendent  of  Apportionment^ 
of  School  Funds. 

Educational  Department, 
State  of  Florida, 

Tallahassee, ,  190. . 

Dear  Sir — The  amount  this  day  apportioned  your 


152  FORMS. 

county  from  the  one  mill  tax  (or  interest  on  State 
School  Fund)  is  $ 

You  will  find  the  papers  necessary  for  collection 
enclosed,  which  have  been  properly  signed  and 
mailed  to  Hon ,  Comptroller. 

Eespectfully, 


(Preserve  this  for  your  own  information.) 


No.  37. 


Certificate  to  Comptroller  as  to  Name  of  County 
Treasurer. 

Office  of  Board  of  Public  Instruction, 

County  of , 

,  190.. 

To  Hon ,   Comptroller, 

Tallahassee,  Fla. 

Sir— This  is  to  certify  that is  Treas- 
urer of county,  and  is  authorized  to 

receive  the  sum  apportioned  to  said  county  from  the 
one  mill  tax  (or  interest,  on  State  School  Fund)  for 
the  year  190 . . 

> 

Chairman  Co.  Board  Pub.  Inst. 


Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 


FORMS.  153 

No.  38. 

Requisitian  Upon  Comptroller  for  Apportionment. 

Office  of  Board  of  Public  Instruction, 

County  of , 

,190.. 

To  Hon ,  Comptroller, 

Tallahassee,  Fla. 

Sir — We  hereby  make  application  for  $ , 

the  sum  apportioned  to county  from  the 

one  mill  tax  (or  interest  on  State  School  Fund)  for 
the  year  190 . . 


Treasurer  of County. 

> 

Chair.  Co.  Board  Pub.  Inst. 


No.  39. 

Deed  by  Husband  and  Wife  to  School  Property. 

Note. — ^It  is  the  duty  of  County  Boards  of  Public 
Instruction  to  obtain  titiles  in  fee  simple  to  all  school 
property.  The  following  form  will  answer  in  either 
case,  whether  the  wife  owns  the  property,  or  only 
signs  to  release  dower. 


State  of  Florida, 

County,  Know  all  men  by  these 

presents,   That  we  A  B  and  C  D,  his  wife,  of  the 
county  of ,  State  of  Florida,  in  considera- 


154  FORMS. 

tion  of  the  sum  of dollars,  to  us  in  hand  paid, 

and  by  us  received,  do  hereby  bargain,  sell,  grant 
and  convey  unto  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for 

the  county  of ,  State  of  Florida,  and 

to  its  successors  in  office,  the  following  described 
premises,  situated  in  the  county  and  State  aforesaid, 
to-wit:  (Describe  definitely  the  premises  by  giving 
starting  point,  metes  and  bounds),  together  with  all 
the  tenements,  hereditaments  and  appurtenances 
thereto  belonging  or  in  anywise  appeartaining,  to 
have  and  to  hold  in  fee  simple  forever. 

In  witness  whereof  the  said  A  B,  as  well  as  C  D, 
his  wife,  who  joins  in  this  conveyance  for  the  pur- 
pose of  absolutely  transferring  all  her  claims  to,  and 
relinquishing  and  conveying  all  her  estate  and  her 
right  of  dower  in  the  above  described  premises,  have 
hereunto  set  their  hands  and  affixed  their  seals,  this 

day  of ,  in  the  year  one 

thousand  nine  hundred  and 

A  B,  (Seal.) 
C  D,  (Seal.) 
Signed,  sealed  and  delivered 

in  the  presence  of  us — 


State  of  Florida, 

County.     I, ,  a 

(Justice  of  the  Peace,  or  Notary  Public,  as  the  case 
may  be)  in  and  for  the  State  and  county  aforesaid, 

do  hereby  certify  that  on  this day  of , 

A.  D.  190. .,  in  said  county,  before  me  in  person  ap- 
peared A  B  and  C  D,  his  wife,  both  of  them  to  me 
personally  known,  each  of  whom  did  duly  and  sev- 
erally say  and  acknowledge  before  me  that  they  and 
each  of  them  did  execute,  sign,  seal  and  deliver  the 


FORMS.  155 

foregoing  deed  of  conveyance  for  the  uses  and  pur- 
poses therein  expressed.  And  the  said  Mrs.  CD , 

upon  an  examination  had  and  made  by  me  separately 
and  apart  from  her  said  husband,  did  say  and  ac- 
knowledge before  me  that  she  executed,  signed  and 
sealed  said  deed  for  the  purpose  of  absolutely  con- 
veying, releasing,  relinquishing  and  renouncing  all 
of  her  estate,  right,  title  and  interest  in  and  to  the 
land  in  said  deed  described,  whether  the  same  be 
dower  interest  or  estate,  or  an  independent  separate 
estate  in  her  own  right,  and  that  she  did  the  same 
freely  and  voluntarily  and  without  any  compulsion, 
constraint,  apprehension  or  fear  of  or  from  her  said 
husband. 

In  witness  whereof  I  hereunto,  in  the  presence  of 
the  said  acknowledgers,  set  my  hand  and  seal  the 
day  and  year  above  written. 

AB (sign  here). 

CD (sign  here). 

(Seal.) 

(J.  P.  or  Notary  sign  here,  and  attach  private  or  of- 
ficial seal.) 


No.  40. 
Contract  far  Building  School  Hause. 

State  of  Florida, 

County.         This  contract  made  and  en- 
tered into  between .,  of  the  county  of 

,  State  of  Florida,  and  the  Board  of 

Public  Instruction  for  the  county  of ,  State 


156  FORMS. 

of  Florida,  and  its  successors  in  office,  Witnesseth: 
That  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of  one  dollar  in 

hand  paid  to ,  the  receipt  whereof  is 

hereby  acknowledged,  and  of  the  further  sum  of 
dollars  to  be  paid  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided, the  said agrees  to  build  a 

and  to  furnish  the  material  therefor,  according  to 
the  plan  and  specifications  for  the  construction  of 

said  house,  hereunto  appended,  at 

and  on  such  lot  as  the  board  may  direct. 

The  said  house  is  to  be  built  of  the  best  material, 
in  a  substantial,  workmanlike  manner,  and  is  to  be 
completed  and  delivered  to  the  said  Board,  or  its 
successors  in  office,  free  from  any  lien  for  work  done 

or  material  furnished,  by  the day  of , 

190 . . ;  and  in  case  the  house  is  not  finished  and 
ready  for  delivery  by  the  time  herein  specified,  the 

said shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the 

said  Board,  or  to  its  successors  in  office,  for  the  use 
of  the  Public  Schools  of  the  county,  the  liquidated 

sum  of dollars,  and  shall  also  be  liable 

for  all  damages  that  may  result  to  said  Board  in 
consequence  of  such  failure. 

The  said  Board  hereby  agrees,  for  itself  and  its 

successors  in  office,  to  pay  the  said 

the  sum  of dollars  when  the  house  is 

finished  and  delivered  as  herein  stipulated ;  or 

dollars  when  the  foundation  of  the  house  is 

finished,  and  the  further  sum  of 

dollars  when  the  said  house  is  completed,  as  per 
plan  and  specifications  and  keys  are  delivered. 

It  is  further  agreed  that  this  contract  shall  not  be 
sub-let,  transferred  or  assigned,  without  the  mutual 
consent  of  both  parties. 


FORMS.  157 

Witness  our  hands  and  seals  this day  of 

A.  D.  190.. 


f 

Contractor. 


Chairman  County  Board  Pub.  Inst. 

J 

Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 


Witnesses : 


Note. — Plans  and  specifications  should  be  attached 
to  the  contract. 

Boards  should  not  attempt  to  build  permanent 
and  expensive  school  houses  without  getting  some 
good  mechanic  or  architect  to  draw  up  full  and  dis- 
tinct plans  and  specifications. 

Work  on  all  school  buildings  should  be  done  by 
contract  and  let  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder,  and 
the  money  paid  by  the  Board  directly  to  the  con- 
tractor himself. 


INDEX 


INDEX. 


A 

ACCOUMTS—  Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

Audited  and  paid  by  County  Boards 7      35      19 

ACTS  OB^  LEGISLATURE— Session  1905. 

Chap.    5384,    "Buckman    Bill"    regarding    State 

Schools    M 

Chap.  5386,  Regarding  School  Year 85 

Chap.  5387,  Regarding  Kindergartens 86 

Chap.    5389,     Regarding     Special     Tax     School 

Districts    87 

Chap.  5390,  County  Boards  Authorized  to  Bor- 
row monej^  88 

Chap.  5391,  Teachers'  Temporary  Certificates..  89 

ACTS  OF  LEGL^LATI'RE— Session  1907. 

Chap.  5(]5G,   Regarding  Compensation  of  Mem- 
bers of  County  School  Boards ...  90 
Chap,  5tJ58,  Regarding  Salaries  of  County  Super- 
intendents of  Public  Instruction.  91 

ACTS  OF  LEGISLATURE— Session  1909. 

Chap.  5881,  Regarding  Teachers'  Summer  Train- 
ing Schools    92 

Chap.    5924,    Changing    the    Name    of    Florida 

Female  College  93 

Chap.  5925,  Changing  the  Name  of  Colored  Nor- 
mal School  94 

Chap.  5920,  Changing  the  Name  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  the  State  of  Florida,  and 
the  name  of  the  Institute  for  the 
Blind,  Deaf  and  Dumb 94 

Chap  5937,  Regarding  Proper  Fire  Protection 
for  Teachers  and  Students  of 
Public   Schools    95 

Chap.  593S,  Itegarding  the  Teaching  of  Agri- 
culture and  Civil  Government  in 
the  Public   Schools 97 

Chap.  5902,  Regarding  Special  District  Tnxes. . .  t'8 

11  SL 


162  INDBX. 

APPARATUS—                                                            Par.  Sec.  Pgeu 

Oounty  Board  t»  provide , .  5      ?5  19 

County  Superintendent  to  look  after 2      39  23 

Penalty  for  defacing ,. .,.  109  ^ 

APPEALS— 

Stato  Superintendent  to  decide  upon  or  refei*. . .  6        2  10 

State  Board  to  entertain  and  decide 3      28  16 

State  Board  to  prescribe  manner  of  making. ...  3      2S  16 

County  Superintendent  to  notify  of  right  of . ...  10      oJ>  24 

APPLICANTS— 

For  examination  .requirements  of 51  28 

For  Third  Grade  Certificates,  requirements  for. .  52  29 

For  Second  Grade  Certificates,  requirements  for  53  29 

For  First  Grade  Certificates,  requirements  for. .  54  29 

For  State  Certificates,  requirements  for 57  30 

For   State   Certificates,   must   file  certain   evi- 
dence    31  106 

For  Life  Certificates 58  31 

For  Special  Certificates 56  30 

For  Primary  Certificates 55  29 

APPOINTEES— 

To  notify  of  acceptance  and  make  pledge 1      25  15 

APPORTIONMENT— 

Of  one  mill  tax, when  made 6  6 

Of  interest  on  State  School  Fund 7  6 

By  whom  made  and  the  basis 4        2  10 

When  made  on  discretionary  basis 6        2  10 

APPROPRIATIONS— 

To  Teachers'  Summer  Schools  (1909-1910) 92 

ARBITRATIONS— 

Who  to  prescribe  manner  of  conducting 3      28  17 

ARBOR  DAY 13  102 

ASSESSOR  OF  TAXES— 

To  assess  school  district  tax 97  46 


IHDBX.  16B 


ATTENDANCE  OP  PUPILS—  Par. 

Average  attendance,  basis  of  apportionment 4 

Largest  attendance,  what  do  to  secure ....     5 

County  Superintendent  to  look  after 2 

On  Special  Tax  Schools,  when  by  outsiders 

County  line  pupils 

Tuition  for,  when  may  be  required 

To  be  reetricted  to  own  district 

For  holidays,  how  reported 


ec. 

Pee. 

2 

10 

35 

1» 

39 

23 

LOl 

48 

18 

14 

14 

102 

17 

103 

71 

86 

B 


BLANKS- 


Printing  and  distribution  of 1  2  0 

Use  of  by  County  Superintendent 4  39  23 

Use  of  by  School  officers  and  teachers 3  100 

Forms  of  (see  list  on  pp.  111-113). 

BOARD  OF  COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS— 
See  County  Commissioners. 

BOARD  OF  EDUCATION— 

See  State  Board  of  Education. 

BOARD  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION— 

Shall  consist  of  three  members  elected  bi-en- 
nially    

Must  be  commissioned  

Vacancies  in,  how  filled 

To  be  body  corporate,  powers  defined 

Procedure  of  organization 

Titles  to  school  property  shall  be  vested  in 

Compensation  of  members 

To  hold  regular  meetings. 13 

To  meet  at  least  monthly 

To  convene  in  special  session,  when 13 

County  Superintendent  to  be  Secretary  of 

County  Treasurer  to  be  Treasurer  of 

Duties  of 

To  disburse  school  funds  solely  for  public  free 
schools 

To  hold  and  dispose  of  school  property 1 

To  locate  and  maintain  schools 2 


21 

14 

4 

100 

38 

22 

30 

17 

31 

IT 

32 

18 

1 

00 

35 

21 

5 

100 

35 

21 

33 

18 

34 

18 

3^„ 

18 

9 

6 

35 

18 

35 

18 

104 


Index. 


BOABD  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTIOM—( Continued). Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

To  appoint  Supervisors 3      36  18 

To  select  and  provide  school  sites 4      35  19 

General  discretionary  duties  and  powers 5      35  19 

To  establish  high  schools 5      35  19 

To  employ,  contract  with  and  pay  teachers 6      35  19 

To  locate  schools  not  nearer  than  three  miles. . .  6      35  19 

To  audit  and  pay  all  accounts  due 7      35  19 

To  keep  record  of  official  acts 8      35  19 

To  make  certain  reports 8      35  19 

To  file  itemized  annual  financial  statement 9      35  20 

To  file  itemized  monthly  financial  statement...  9      35  20 

To  adopt  county  uniform  system  of  books 117  54 

To  prescribe  course  of  study  and  grade  schools.  10      35  20 

To  exercise  plenary  powers 11      35  21 

To  prepare  and  file  itemized  estimates 13      35  21 

To  appoint  Grading  Committee 62  32 

To  pay  members  of  Grading  Committee 65  34 

To  form  School  Board  Districts,  etc 37  22 

To  have  school  census  taken,  when 14      35  21 

To  look  after  collection  of  poll  taxes 15      35  21 

Not  contract  with  a  member,  except 36  22 

To  order  Special  Tax  School  District  elections.  86  41 
May  change  boundaries  of,  prescribed  in  peti- 
tion   87  42 

To  hold  bi-ennial  district  elections,  for  what. . .  92  44 

To  remove  Trustees,  for  what  and  how 93  44 

To  control  Special  Tax  Schools,  except 94  45 

The  right  to  reject  teachers  and  fill 94  45 

To  fix  salaries  of  teachers  and  length  of  school 

term  98  47 

To  examine  books  of  Tax  Collector 15      35  21 

Authorize  to  contract  debts,  conditions 17  13* 

Authorized  to  borrow  money,  conditions 17  13 

Adoption  or  sale  of  school  books 112  51 

Force  and  effect  of  Rules  and  Regulations  of . . .  1  99 

To  use  blanks  prescribed  by  State 3  100 

To  issue  teachers'  warrants,  when 6  100 

To  contract  with  teachers,  when 7  100 

To  select  and  contract  with  teachers 8  100 

To  prescribe  course  of  study 11  101 

To  assign  teachers,  when 9  101 

Caution  in  employing  teachers 10  101 

To  print  Rules  and  Regulations,  etc 12  101 


Index.  105 

BOARD  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTIOM— (Continued). Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

Designation  of  Arbor  Day 13  102 

May  require  tuition  fees  for  non-resident  pupils .  14  102 

To  combine  schools,  when 15  102 

To  subdivide  counties  into  school  districts 16  102 

To  restrict  pupils  to  their  own  school 17  103 

Contract  with  teachers  not  to  exceed  life  of  cer- 
tificate      18  108 

BOND,  OR  BONDS— 

When  required,  by  whom  fixed  and  approved ...  2      25  15 

Liability  for  loss,  when  oflicer  not  under 3      25  15 

BUILDINGS,  SCHOOL— 

Unlawful  to  teach  whites  and  negroes  in  same 

building 114  53 

Not  to  be  closer  than  three  miles 6      35  1& 

Teachers  to  see  not  defaced,  etc 3      66  85 

Penalty  for  insulting  teacher  in 110  51 

Penalty  for  defacing  with  obscene  thing 109  50 

Penalty  for  marring  or  destroying 108  50 

Contract  for  building,  Form  of  No.  40 155 


CENSUS,  SCHOOI^- 

County  Superintendent  to  take 12  39      25 

School  Board  to  take,  when 14  35      21 

CERTIFICATES,  TEACHERS— 

No  person  allowed  to  teach  who  does  not  hold  a 

certificate 48      2T 

Seven  grades  for 49      28 

Issued  on  examination,  mode  of  (see  examina- 
tion.)      50      28 

Applicant  for,  must  file  endorsement 51      28 

Primary,  requirements  for ,  55      29 

Extension  of  for  life 60      31 

Form  in  re  Nos.  18-26   (pages  133-144) 

Special,  requirements  for 56      80 

Form  of  endorsement.  No.  9 Ill 

Third  Grade,  requirements  for 52      29 

Second  Grade,  requirements  for 53      29 


180  INDSX. 

OBBTIFICATES,  TEACHERS— (Contlnned).  Par.  Sec.  Pg«. 

First  Grade,  requirements  for 54  29 

Extension  of  for  life 60  31 

State,  requirements  for 57  30 

Ldf e,  requirements  for 58  81 

By  whom  revoked  or  suspended. 61  32 

Form  of  revocation.  No.  28 146 

Trustees  to  nominate  only  holders  of 94  45 

May  be  endorsed 59  31 

GLERK  CIRCUIT  COURT— 

Bond  of  school  officers  to  be  filed  with 2      25      16 

To  record  organization  of  School  Board 31      19 

School  Board  Districts,  creation  of,  filed  with . .  37      22 

COMMON  SCHOOL  FUND— 

See  State  School  Fund 

C50MPTR0LLER,  STATE— 

Itemized  estimate  of  Trustees  to  be  filed  with..  96      46 

To  assess  and  collect  certain  taxes 97      46 

To  remit  to  County  Treasurer 97      46 

CONSTITUTION,  STATE— 

Article  XII.,  on  Education 6 

Article  IV.,  extract  from 8 

CONTRACT- 
TO  be  made  with  teachers 6      35      19 

Form  of  No.  30 148 

Form  of,  for  building  school  house,  No.  40 165 

Not  to  be  made  with  teacher,  when 7    100 

Not  to  exceed  life  of  teacher's  certificate 18    108 

CONVENTION  OF  SCHOOL  OFFICERS— 

For  what  and  by  whom  may  be  called 2        2        9 

COUNTY  BOARD— 

See  Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

COUNTY  SCHOOL  BOARD— 

See  Board  of  Public  Instruction. 


Index.  16T 

COUNTY  SCHOOL  FUND—                                        Par.  Sec.  Pge. 
See  Funds. 

COUNTY    SUPERINTENDENT    OF    PUBLIC    IN- 
STRUCTION— 

An  officer  of  the  department 20  14 

Requirements  for  eligibility 1  99 

Secretary  of  County  Board 33  18 

Compensation  of 1  91 

To  see  text-books  adopted  are  used 10      35  20 

To  visit  and  examine  condition  of  each  school . .  2      39  23 

To  keep  complete  record  of  each  school 6      39  24 

To  report  to  State  Superintendent  names,  etc. . .  7      39  24 

To  decide  disputes  and  refer  his  decisions 8      39  24 

To  look  after  school  buildings  and  funds 9      39  24 

To  conduct  examinations 44  26 

To  revoke  or  suspend  certificates 10      39  24 

To  forward  monthly  certified  list  of  persons  who 

have  paid  poll  taxes 11      39  25 

To  take  school  census 12      39  25 

To  give  notice  of  teachers'  examinations 21  104 

To  appoint  assistant  examiners  when 22  104 

How  to  proceed  with  examination  questions ....  46  27 

Mode  of  conducting  examinations 47  27 

To  have  same  control  of  Special  Tax  Schools  as 

of  others   94  45 

Monthly  reports  of  Treasurer  to  be  filed  with ...  15  13 

Duties  pertaining  to  county  line  pupils 18  14 

Not  to  be  interested  in  the  sale  or  adoption  of 

school  books  112  61 

Penalty  for  violating  examination  laws 115  ""53 

To  report  tuition  fees  to  County  Board 14  102 

May  suspend  or  close  a  school 26  104 

To  be  satisfied  teacher  has  legal  certificate  be- 

for  contracting  29  105 

To  make  annual  report  to  State  Superintendent, 

when    20  103 

COURSE  OF  study- 
To  be  prescribed  by  County  Board 10      35  20 

Its  publication  recommended 12  101 


14>8  INDKX. 

D 

DAYS—  Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

See  school  day. 
Vacation  and  hollidays 11      12 

DEEDS— 

To  school  property,  form  of,  No.  39 153 

DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION— 

Officers  of 20  14 

Shall  conform  to  regulations  of 22  14 

By  whom  removed 4      28  16 

State   Superintendent   to   prescribe   regulations 

for    7        2  10 

DISPUTES,  OR  DIFFERENCES— 

To  be  entertained  by  State  Board,  when 3      28      16 

County  Superintendent  to  decide  and  refer 8      39      26 

DISTRICT— 

School  Districts,  constitution  for 10  7 

Town  or  city  may  constitute 11  7 

School  Districts  defined 85  41 

Special  Tax  School  Districts,  defined 85  41 

See  Special  Tax  School  District. 

School  Board  Districts,  how  formed 37  22 

See  School  Board  District. 

DISTRICT  SCHOOL  TAX— 

Constitution  for  10  7 

Where  and  for  what  may  be  expended 11  7 

Procedure  required  to  levy 86  41 

Elections  bi-ennial  to  fix  millage  of 92  44 

Trustees  to  notify  Assessor  of  millage  to  levy. .  96  46 

E 

EDUCATION.  HIGHER— 

State  Board  of  Education  to  foster 5      28      16 

ELECTION— 

To  create  Special  Tax  School  Districts 90      43 

Notice  of  district  elections  to  be  published 88      43 


iNtwx.  169 

ELECTION— (Continued).                                            Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

Qualifications  of  vioters  in 91  43 

List  of  qualified  voters  to  be  furnished  by  Su- 
pervisor of  Registration 90  43 

Vote  canvassed  by  County  Board 89  43 

Bi-ennial  election  for  Trustees  and  millage 92  44 

Ballot,  form  of 102  48 

ESTIMATE  ITEMIZED— 

See  Itemized  Estimate. 

EXAMINATIONS,  TEACHP]RS'— 

Notice  of,  to  be  given 21  104 

Held  in  June  and  September  yearly 41  26 

One  must  be  held  at  county  site 42  26 

Others  may  be  ordered  by  State  Superintendent.  43  26 

Questions  prepared  by  State  Superintendent 44  26 

Sent  under  seal 44  26 

For  County  Certificates,  conducted  by  County 

Superintendent    44  26 

For  State  Certificates,  by  State  Superintendent.  57  30 

Examinees  must  file  character  endorsement 51  28 

Must  pay  a  fee  of  $1 51  28 

Mode  of  conducting  examination 47  27 

Penalty  for  cheating  in 45  27 

Procedure  when  doubtful  of  meaning  of  question  45  27 
Papers   to   be   preserved   by    County    Superin- 
tendent      64  33 

Privilege  of  dissatisfied  examinee 64  33 

Penalty  for  violating  examination  laws 115  53 

EXAMINATIONS,  SCHOOL— 

When  teacher  must  hold 6      66  35 

P 

FORFEITURES— 

When  by  a  county 19  14 

FORMS— 

See  list  of,  pages  111-  113. 


170  INDKX. 

FUNDS—                                                                      Par.  Sec  Pge^ 

No  law  shall  be  enacted  authorizing  appropria- 
tion to  other  than  school  purposes 13  T 

All  resident  youth  shall  have  free  Instruction, 

as  far  as  the  funds  will  admit 6  11 

To  turn  over  to  his  successor 26  16 

FUNDS,  STATE  SCHOOL— 

Who   to   manage 8  5 

Sources  of   4  6 

Interest  on,  only  to  be  used 4  5 

Principal  of,  inviolate 5  6 

Basis  of  Apportionment  of 7  6 

Who  to  apportion 4        2  10 

State    Treasurer    to    keep    account    of    with 

counties    12  12 

FUNDS,  COUNTY  SCHOOL— 

Sources  of 0  6 

No  law  shall  be  enacted  diverting 13  7 

County  school  officers  to  be  paid  from 15  8 

Monthly  report  of,  to  be  filed  by  Treasurer 15  13 

Transference  of,   for  pupils   going   to   another 

county 18  14 

When  forfeited. 19  14 

FUNDS,  DISTRICT  SCHOOI^- 

Constitutional  provision  for 10  7 

No  law  shall  be  enacted  to  divert. 13  7 

Who  to  apportion,  and  proviso 95  45 

To  be  used  in  districts  solely  for  school  pur- 
poses    99  47 

FURNITURE- 

School  Board  to  supply 5      35  19 

Penalty  for  defacing 109  50 


GRADING  COMMITTEE— 

To  be  appointed  by  County  Board 

Who  eligible,  and  duties  of 

Time  allowed  and  from  what  fund  paid . 


62 

32 

62 

32 

65 

34 

GRADING  SHEET—                                                    Par.  Sec  Pge. 
Grading  Committee  must  make  two  copies 08      3B 

GROUNDS— 

For  school  site,  by  whom  provided 4  35  10 

Improvement  and  care  of 5  35  10 

Authority  of  teacher  on 4  60  35 

Arbor  Day,  to  be  devoted  to  planting  trees  on. .  13  102 

H 

HIGHER  EDUCATION— 

State  Board  to  provide  for 5      28      17 

HIGH  SCHOOLS— 

When  County  Board  shall  establish 5      35  19 

Who  eligible  to  attend 17  103 

Holidays;  Which  are  school  holidays. 11  13 

Arbor  Day  not  a  holiday 13  102 

How  to  be  reported  by  teachers . 71  3C 

I 

IMMORALITY— 

Cause  for  revoking  a  teacher's  certificate 61      32 

Cause  for  suspending  a  pupil 5      66      35 

INSPECTION— 

By  County  Superintendent  for  proper  location 
of  schools  1      39      28 

Of  each  school  once  a  term,  by  County  Superin- 
tendent      2      30      28 

To  keep  record  of  his  visits  of 6      39      24 

INSPECTION  AND  CLERKS— 

Of  disrict  elections,  appointed  by  County  Board, 

duties  of 88      43 

To  make  returns  to  County  Boards 89      48 

INSTITUTE  FOR  BLIND,  DEAF  AND  DUMB— 

(See  Chapter  5384) 54 

(Also  Chapter  5296) 94 


172  Index. 

INSTITUTES—  Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

State  Superintendent  to  provide  for 3        2      10 

INSTKUCTIONS— 

Regulations  decisions,  etc.,  by  whom  prepared. .     12        9 

INSULTING— 

A  teacher  before  his  pupils,  penalty  for 110      51 

INTEREST— 

See  Funds;  also  Moneys. 

INTERRUPTING— 

A  school,  penalty  for Ill      51 

ITEMIZED  ESTIMATE— 

County  Boards  to  pr^are  and  file 13      35      21 

Form  of,  No.  42 113 

Trustees  to  prepare  and  file 96      46 

Form  of.  No.  8 Ill 

J 

JURY— 

When  teacher  not  liable  to  duty  on 67      35 


K 


KNOWLEDGE- 


State  Board  to  co-operate  in  diffusing 6      28      17 

County  Boards  to  perform  all  reasonable  acts 
in  diffusing  of 11      35      21 

KINDERGARTENS— 

(See  Chapter  5386.) 


L 


LANDS- 


School  lands,  management  of 1      28      16 

Improvement  of,  by  County  Boards 5      35      19 

Not  to  be  sold  on  credit 29    17 


Index.  173 

LAW,  OR  LAWS—  Par.  See.  Pge. 

Regulations  of  County  Boards  have  effect  of . . . .  2      99 

Sp^ial  Tax  Schools  under  the  same,  as  other 
schools  see  Acts,  also  School  Laws 94      45 

LIBRARIES— 

Constitutional  provision  for 11        7 

Trustees  may  purchase 100      48 

LIFE  CERTIFICATES— 

Form  of  application,  No.  13 125 

Without  examination  58      31 

Applicant  for,  must  present  endorsement 31     106 

Formtof  ^certificate,  No.  26 *  144 

M 

MAJORITY— 

Of  any  Educational  Board,  a  quorum 24       15 

Of    votes    cast    determines    any   question    in    a 

Special  Tax  School  District 86      41 

MEETINGS— 

Regular,  of  County  Boards 12      35      21 

Regular,  must  be  at  least  monthly 5    100 

MIXED  SCHOOLS— 

Constitution  bearing  on 12        7 

Penal  offense  to  mix  races  in  any  school 114      53 

MONTH— 

See  School  Month. 

MONTHLY   REPORT— 
See  Teacher. 

N 

NORMAL  SCHOOLS— 

Constitutional  provision  for 14        7 


1T4  ImmL. 

o 

OFPIOERS--                                                                  Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

Qualifications  of 1  99 

Of  the  Department  of  Public  Instruction 20  14 

Subject  to  regulations  of  department 22  14 

Not  to  vote  on  own  compensation 23  15 

Must  qualify,  wlien  and  how 1      25  15 

Give  bond  before  receiving  moneys 2      25  15 

When  personally  liable  for  loss 3      25  15 

Turn  over  effects  to  successor 26  15 

Removals  of,  by  whom  made 4      28  16 

Not  to  sell  nor  induce  adoptions  of  text-books . .  112  51 

Must  use  blanks  prescribed 3  100 

Compensation  to  be  paid  from 15  8 


PATRONS— 

May  recommend  Supervisor 3      35  18 

May  require  high  schools  established 5      35  19 

Not  authorized  to  employ  teachers 6      35  19 

PENALTY— 

For  mixing  whites  and  negores  in  schools 114  53 

For  cheating  in  teachers'  examinations 45  27 

For  insulting  teachers  in  presence  of  pupils. ...  110  51 

For  interrupting  or  disturbing  a  school Ill  51 

For  defacing  any  school  property  with  obscene 

thing 109  50 

For  destroying  school  house  or  property 108  50 

For  school  oflficer  or  teacher  dealing  in,  or  hav- 
ing pecuniary  interest  in  adopting  text-books.  112  51 
For  any  Superintendent  violating  examination 
laws — 115  53 

PETITION- 

For  district  election,  who  eligible  to  sign 86  41 

Must  prescribe  boundaries  and  be  published 87  42 

POLL  taxes- 
Go  to  County  School  Fund 9  6 


Indbx^  ITi 

PBOPERTT,  PERSONAL  AND  REAL—  Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

County  Board  may  acquire  and  hold 1      35      18 

Complete  record  of  all  to  be  kept. , 8      35      19 

PUNISHMENT— 

Of  pupils,  not  to  be  too  severe  or  degrading 4      66      35 

PUPILS— 

Grading  of,  County  Board  to  look  after 5      35  19 

May  be  suspended 5      66  35 

Non-resident,  tuition  may  be  required  of 14  102 

Must  attend  their  own  district  school 17  103 

See  also  attendance. 

Q 

QUALIFICATIONS— 

Of  officers,  see  officers ;  of  teachers,  see  teachers. 

QUESTIONS  AND  APPEALS— 

See  Appeals 

QUESTIONS  FOR  EXAMINATIONS— 

State  Superintendent  to  prepare 8        2      10 

Sent  County  Superintendent  under  seal 44      26 

QUORUM— 

What  shall  constitute 24      15 


R 


RECORDS— 


County  Board  must  keep 8      35      19 

County  Superintendent  must  keep 6      39      24 

Of  lists  of  poll  taxpayers  to  be  preserved 11      39      24 

REGISTERS— 

Teachers  must  use  prescribed 3    100 

Report  of  teachers  to  be  made  in  conformity 

^  with  directions  given  in 6    100 

To  be  filed  with  County  Superintendent. 
(See  cover  of  Register.) 


176  Index. 

REGULATIONS     OP     THE     DEPARTMENT     OF 

PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION—  Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

School  officers  to  conform  to 22      15 

State  Supuerintendent  authorized  to  prescribe. .  7        2      10 

See  Regulations,  Nos.  1-33 Ill 

Regulations  for  high  schools  and  rural  graded 

schools 107 

REMOVAL— 

Constitutional  authority  for  cause  for,  by  State 

Board 4      28      17 

REPORTS— 

To  be  made  by  State  Superintendent 27  8 

To  be  made  by  County  Board 8      35  19 

Of  census  must  be  certified 12      39  25 

Of    County    Superintendent    to    State    Superin- 
tendent when  due 20  103 

Shall  be  kept  by  Clerk  of  Circuit  Court  when 

filed.  , 16  13 

RULES  AND  REGUI^TIONS— 

Persistent  violation  of,  cause  for  suspending  a 

pupil 5      66      35 

Of  County  Boards  have  force  of  law 2      99 


s 


SCHOOLS— 


Establishment  and  maintenance  of 6  11 

Under  general   management  of   State   Superin- 
tendent   1  9 

Under   special   management   of   County    Super- 
intendent   26  104 

Under  overpight  of  Suj>ervisor 26  104 

Located  and  maintained  by  County  Board 2      35  18 

Minimum  annual  term 2      35  18 

Not  to  be  located  nearer  than  three  miles 6      35  19 

To  have  graded  properly 10      35  20 

Time  of  opening  fixed  by  County  Board  within 

limits 9  11 

For  locating,  county  to  be  iii»pected  by  County 

Superintendent. 1      m  23 


Index.  ITJ 

SCHOOLS— CContlnued).  Pai*.  Sec.Pgje^ 

To  be  visited  once  a  term  by  Couuty  Supeiin-       ,     .. 

tendent 2      39      2S 

Record  of  each  to  be  kept  by  County  Superin-  .    - 

tendent t$      39      23 

No  one  without  certificate,  can  teach  in 4S      27 

Penalty  for  disturbing ill      61 

SCHOOLS,  RURAL  GRADED,  AND  HIGH— 

Course  of  study  '70      38 

Length  df  year  for 73      37 

Designation  of  grades 74      37 

Course  of  primary  grades 75      37 

Course  of  intermediate  grades 76      39 

Course  of  grammar  grades 77      38 

Course  of  high  school  grades .     78      38 

Method  of  arranging  course  of  study 79      38 

Expense  of  committee 80      39 

High  school  eligible  for  State  aid 81      39 

Rural  graded  schools  eligible  for  State  aid 82      39 

How  State  aid  granted 83    .40 

No  aid  twice  in  same  year 84      40 

SCHOOL  AGE— 

Defined 6      11 

SCHOOL  BOARD— 

See  Board  of  Public  Instruction. 
SCHOOL  BOARD  DISTRICT— 

By  whom  county  to  be  divided  into  three 37      22 

SCHOOL  BOOKS— 

County  uniform  system  of,  to  be  put  in  use 116      53 

Penalty  for  school  ofllcers  dealing  in 112      51 

STATE   SCHOOLS— 

(See   Chapter   5384.) 54 

University  of  Florida   (Chapter  5926) 94 

Florida  State  College  for  Women  (Chap.  5024) .  .    93 
Florida    School    for   the   Deaf   and    the    Blind 

(Chapter  5926)     94 

Florida  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College  for 

Negroes   (Chapter  5925) 94 

12  S  L 


^^mtj  fitJILDINGS—  *»ar.  SWI  ^: 

See  Buildfiig^. 

SCHOOL  CENSUS— 

Si6^  Census. 

l^iGHO^L  DAY— 

Fixed  by  County  Bojltd  withla  liMlte... 10      li 

NiiiDber  in  a  school  month 10      12 

StoOOL  DIStillCl?— 
S^  District 

SCHOOL  EXAMINATION— 

Teachers  must  hold  at  close  of  term 6      66      34 

SCHOOL  FUNDS— 

Se<6  Funds ;  also  Moneys, 

School  furniture— 

Se^  Furniture. 

SCHOOL  GROUNDS— 
See  Grounds. 

SCHOOL  HOLIDAYS— 
See  Holidays. 

SCHOOL  HOUSE— 

County  Board  to  provide  for  warming,  etc 5      3S  19 

Clir6  of  by  teacher 3      66  35 

Authority  of  teacher  in  or  near 4      06  35 

Sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  in  four  miles  of . . .  113  52 
See  Buildings 

SCHOOL  LANDS— 
See  lands. 

SCHOOL  LAWS— 

To  be  printed  and  distributed  by  State,  Super- 
intendent      1        2        9 

See  Laws. 


Il?DEX.  179 

SCHOOIi  I^EYY—  P^r.  3ec.  P^ 

See  Tax. 

SCHOOL  LIBRARIES— 
See  Libraries. 

SCHOOL  MONTHS— 

Defined— 20  school  dt^ys 10      12 

SCHOOL  PROPERTY— 

Titles  to  be  vested  in  County  Board 32  18 

Duty  of  County  Board  to  obtain  titles 1  3$  18 

Special  Tax  School  Districts  may  own 1  S&  18 

When  to  be  delivered  by  teachers  with  keys 7  A6  85 

SCHOOL  SITE— 

Comity  Board  to  select,  requirements  in 4      35      10 

To  wha|;ever  necessary  in  proving 5      ^      10 

SCHOOL  SUPERVISOR— 

See  Supervisor. 

SCHOOL  TEACHER— 
See  Teacher. 

SCHOOL  TERM— 

Defined-Four  school  months 10      12 

Minimum  term  of  school  allowable 2      35      18 

SCHOOL  TRUSTEES— 

See  Trustees— Defined  93      44 

SCHOOL  YEAR— 

Defined,  as  to  limits. . . . , ,  ^ , , 10      12 

SEAL— 

State  Superintendent  to  have,  purposes  of 3      10 

Examination  seal,  when  and  in  whose  presence 
may  be  broken 44      26 

SITE— 

See  School  Site. 


180  Index. 

SPECIAL  TAX—                                                           Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

Constitutional  one-mill  levy 6  6 

By  whom  apportioned  and  the  basis .^  . . . .  4        2  10 

SPECIAL  TAX  SCHOOL— 

Constitutional  provision  for 10  7 

Defined 85  41 

Subject  to  same  control  as  other  schools. . . 94  45 

SPECIAL  TAX  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS— 

Constitutional  provision  for 10  7 

Defined 85  41 

May  acquire  and  hold  school  property 1      35  18 

Created  by  petition  and  election 86  41 

Boundaries  in  petition  subject  to  change 87  42 

Majority  of  votes  cast  necessary  to  carry 91  44 

Election  to  be  held  in,  what  to  determine 92  44 

Who  eligible  to  vote 91  44 

Form  of  ballot  In 102  48 

Election  held  bi-ennially 92  44 

STATE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION— 

Constitution  for  and  personnel 3  5 

Powers  and  duties  of 28  16 

To  manage  school  lands 1      28  16 

To  manage  all  educational  funds  of  the  State. . .  2      28  16 

To  entertain  and  decide  questions  and  appeals . .  3      28  16 

To  remove  subordinates  for  cause 4      28  16 

To  foster  higher  education 5      28  17 

To  co-operate  with  State  Superintendent 6      28  17 

To  fill  vacancies  In  school  boards 38  22 

STATE  CERTIFICATE— 

By  whom  issued,  and  prerequisites 57  30 

Endorsement  for  examination  required 31  106 

l-  ^rm  of  application  for  examination.  No.    2. . .  125 

Form  of  certificate.  No.  23 140 

(See  also  certificates.) 

STATE  SCHOOL  FUND— 
See  Fund;  aliso  Moneys. 


IlVDEX.  181 

STATE     SUPERINTENDENT     OF     PUBLIC     IN- 
STRUCTION— Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

Secretary  and  member  of  State  Board 3  5 

Constitutional  powers  and  duties  of 25  8 

Given  genearl  oversight  of  school  affairs 1  9 

Special  duties  2  9 

To  publish  and  distribute  laws,  forms,  etc 1        2  9 

To  call  conventions  of  school  oflacers 2        2  9 

To  hold  Teachers'  Institutes 3        2  19 

To  apportion  school  funds. .  ^^.. 4        2  10 

To  make  discretionary  appointments 5        2  19 

To  entertain  and  decide,  or  Wf er  appeals 6        2  19 

To  prescribe  Rules  and  Regulations 7        2  19 

To  have  a  seal  of  office,  purpose  of 3  19 

Residence  and  office  of 4  11 

To  prepare  questions  for  county  examinations . .  8        2  19 

Authority  of  relative  to  examinations 42  26 

To  hold  examinations  for  State  Certificates 8        2  19 

To  grant  life  certificates 8        2  19 

To  keep  record  of  persons  who  have  paid  poll 

taxes 9        2  19 

To  nominate  to  ffil  vacancies  on  school  boards. .  38  23 
To  keep  record  of  persons  who  have  paid  poll 

taxes 9        2  19 

Salary  of   5  11 

STATE  TREASURER— 
See  Treasurer. 

SUB-DISTRICTS— 

See  Special  Tax  School  Districts. 

SUCCESSORS— 

To  be  delivered  school  effects,  and  to  give  re- 
ceipts   26      15 

SUPERVISOR— 

An  officer  of  the  Department 

Appointed  by  County  Board 3 

To  supervise  the  school  and  report  to  County 

Superintendent  monthly 3 

To  be  conferred  with  by  County  Superintendelit.     4 
Persons  fitted  for  the  duties  of,  to  be  selected 

by  County  Superintendent 5      39      23 


35 

1« 

35 

IS 

39 

2S 

1S2 


Index. 


SUPERVISOR    (Continued)--  Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

To  be  notified  by  teacher  of  suspension  of  pupil  .5      66      35 
When  teacher  is  to  deliver  to,   keys   and  all 

school  property  7      66      35 

To  supervise  the  property  and  procure  copy  of 

school  laws   2      40      25 

To  attend  and  co-operate  with  teacher  in  ele- 
vating the  school  3      40      25 

To  review  suspension  of  pupils  and  report  the 

same  promptly  to  County  Superintendent 3      40      26 

The  duties  of,  when  to  be  performed  by  Trustees  93      44 

May  suggest  a  teacher  satisfactory  to  patrons..  8    100 

A  position  of  oversight,  not  of  control 26    104 

Form  of  Recommendation  of,  No.  2 116 

Form  of  Appointment,  No.  3 116 

Form  of  Acceptance  of  Appointment,  No.  4. . . .  117 

SUPERVISOR  Oil'  REGISTRATION— 

Duty  of,  relative  to  school  districts. 96      46 


TAX,  CAPITATION— 

Constitutional   provision   for 

Certified  lists  of  persons  paying,  to  be  filed, 


.11      39      24 


TAX,  COUNTY  SCHOOL— 

Not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  seven  mills . . 
Millage  to  be  estimated  by  County  Board 13 

TAX,  DISTRICT  SCHOOL— 

Constitutional  provisions — maximum  3  mills 

The  levy  and  millage  decided  by  election 

Vote  required  to  determine 

Qualifications  of  electors  for 

Trustees  to  file  estimate  and  certify  mlllas^e 

County  Commissioners  to  order 

County  Treasurer  to  hold  and  pay  out 

TAX,  SPECIAL  (STATE)  — 

Constitutional  levy  of  one  mill 

Apportioned  among  the  counties,  basis 4 


8 
35 


10 
92 
91 
91 
96 
97 
97 


6 
21 


7 

44 
44 
44 

46 
46 


6 
10 


Index.  183 

TAX  COLLECTOR—  Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

To  pay  County  Treasurer  monthly 13  35  21 

Poll  tax  records  of,  County  Board  to  examine.  .15  35  21 

Not  receipt  for  other  tax  tiU  poil  Is  paid 103  49 

To  file  monthly  certified  list  of  poll  taxpayers 

with  the  County  Board 104  49 

Shall  receive  only  the  current  funds 13  12 

TEACHERS— 

To  be  assembled  in  institutes  by  State  Super- 
intendent     3 

County  Board  to  employ,  contract  with  pay 6 

Leading  ones,  to  be  consulted  in  book  adoptions. 

Prominent  ones,  to  assist  with  course  of  study. .  10 

Whom  to  be  appointed  on  grading  committee. . . 

To  be  told  cause  of  revoked  certificate  and 
right  of  appeal 10 

Required  to  obtain  certificate  in  this  State 

Primary  duty  of 

General  duties  of 

When  exempt  from  military  and  jury  duty 

Concerning  contract  and  compensation 

Supervisor  and  patrons  may  not  employ 

When  and  how  County  Boards  are  to  assign 

Duties  concerning  Arbor  Day 

Limitation  as  to  term  of  contract 

How  to  report  holidays 

May  use  corporal  punishment 

Not  to  deal  in  or  infiuence  the  adoption  of  school 
books  for  a  consideration 

Penalty  for  insult  to 

Absence  of  

Forfeiture  of  pay  in  certain  cases 70      36 

TEACHERS'  CERTIFICATES— 
See  Certificates. 

TEACHERS'  INSTITUTE— 

State  Superintendent  to  hold  and  proTide  in- 
struction      3        2      10 

TERM— 

See  School  Term. 


2 

10 

35 

18 

117 

54 

35 

20 

62 

32 

39 

24 

48 

27 

29 

105 

66 

34 

67 

35 

7 

100 

8 

100 

9 

101 

13 

102 

18 

103 

71 

36 

30 

105 

112 

51 

110 

51 

68 

35 

184 


Iin>sx. 


TERMS  OF  OFFICE— 

Of  State  Superintendent. 
Of  School  Trustees 


Par.  Sec.  Pge. 

2        6 
10        7 


TEXT  BOOKS— 

See  School  Books. 


TREASURER,  COUNTY— 

An  officer  of  the  department 

Treasurer  of  county  school  funds 

Liable  on  bond  for  district  funds 

All  county  school  funds  to  go 

To  file  monthly  report  with   County   Superin^ 
tendent 

TREASURER,  STATE— 

Member  of  and  Treasurer  of  State  Board 

To  keep  an  account  with  counties 

All  State  school  funds  to  go  to 

TRUSTEES— 

Constitutional   provision   for 

Election  of   

Term  of  office 

Jurisdiction,  duties  and  powers  of 

Subject  to  removal 

May  nominate  teachers,  proviso 

Shall  apportion  district  fund 

^   To  file  itemized  estimate  and  certify  millage... 

Certain  fund  not  subject  to  requisition 

May  not  contract  with  a  member 

To  be  a  corporation,  etc 

Make  no  debt  without  approval  of  County  Board 

When  and  how  may  admit  non-residents  of  the 

district  to  their  schools 


20 

14 

34 

18 

98 

47 

14 

12 

15      15 


27 

le 

12 

12 

14 

12 

10 

7 

86 

41 

10 

7 

93 

44 

93 

44 

94 

45 

95 

45 

96 

46 

99 

47 

100 

48 

100 

48 

100 

48 

101 

48 

u 

UNIFORM  SYSTEM— 

Of  public  free  schools  demanded 

Of  public  instruction  established 

Of  school  books  to  be  used  in  each  county. 


1 

5 

6 

11 

116 

53 

IKDBX.  185 

CTNIT,  SCHOOIr—  Par.  Sec  Pge. 

Defined.    85      a 

V 

vacancies- 
How  filled  on  County  Boards 38  22 

In  Boards  of  Trustees,  how  filled 93  46 

In  teachers,  when  County  Superintendent  may 

fill 68  35 

Superintendent  may  fill 68  35 

See  also   69  36 

VOTERS— 

See  Electors. 

w 

WARRANTS— 

When  to  be  described  minutely 9      35      20 

County  Board  to  issue  monthly 5    100 

Not  to  be  issued  teacher  till  report  is  filed  and 

properly  made   6    100 

Form  of ,  No  35 151 

Y 

YEAR— 

See  School  Year  7      11 


190 


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